> From: Stefan Bellon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 22:33:58 +0100
>
>
> > 4. If you determine that distribution of LAME requires a patent
> > license, you must obtain such license.
>
> Well, for me - living in Germany - this is the end of the story, I
> assume. Does that mean, the only way I'm allowed to distribute it is a
> complete source patch to the official dist10 ISO demonstration source?
>
> Thanks in advance for your clarifications. :-)
>
> Greetings,
>
#4 is by far your biggest problem. It is a German company that holds
the mp3 encoding patents, and has attempted to enforce them in
the past. You will need to pay them $15,000 per year
plus other fees to distribute any mp3 encoding software. See the FHG
links under patent info on the LAME homepage.
Mark
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