"Review Request: faad2 - Library and frontend for decoding MPEG2/4 AAC"
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2370973
Was this reviewed by Fedora Legal (I did not see
it in the email list archives, but I might have used
the wrong search criteria). Last I recall, some of
the patents for AAC may not expire for a few
more years. fdk-aac-free was reviewed a number
of years ago, and that specific implementation
was approved, but that approval may (or may
not) apply to faad2 which may implement different
parts of the AAC specifications.
I will note in the README in the source tarball
is the following statement:
Please note that the use of this software may require the payment of
patent royalties. You need to consider this issue before you start
building derivative works. We are not warranting or indemnifying you in
any way for patent royalities! YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN
ACTIONS!
Given the minefield that is codec patents,
I believe Fedora Legal needs to at least be
aware of, and probably review, this package
for whether it can be included in Fedora as
is (and the README certainly raises an
eyebrow).
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