On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Andres Mejia <mcita...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Mark Taylor <m...@mp3dev.org> wrote: >> Hi Andres, >> >> I'd be happy to just delete this text from the README. >> >> Not sure if my sourceforge account will still work. It would be >> quicker one of the other developers was willing to remove this text? >> Hence I'm forwarding to lame-...@lists.sf.net. >> >> Mark > > Ok. Thank you very much! > > Also, I'm going to assume I can remove this text from the README in > the tarballs for any of the releases from LAME.
Before I rush to this, let me say that I hope nobody minds if I remove this text from the tarball of LAME that will be redistributed (hopefully) in Debian. Of course if anyone has objections, feel free to raise them. >> On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 7:50 AM, <cer...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I'm sorry to bother you. I'm sure you have already been >>> contacted with regards to LAME and the modifications you >>> made to its license over 10 years ago. There's a possibility >>> that LAME can be redistributed alongside Debian (despite the >>> patent issues with LAME) if a certain issue is resolved. >>> This issue is with regards to the modifications you >>> introduced in the README file. The modifications are >>> repeated below. >>> >>> This code is distributed under the GNU LESSER PUBLIC LICENSE >>> (LGPL, see www.gnu.org) with the following modification: >>> >>> 1. If you determine that distribution of LAME requires a >>> patent license, >>> and you obtain a patent license, you may distribute LAME >>> even though >>> redistribution of LAME may also require a patent license. >>> >>> 2. You agree not to enforce any patent claims for any aspect of >>> MPEG audio compression, or any other techniques contained in >>> the LAME source code. >>> >>> The issue is mainly with the second modification which >>> contradicts the terms of the LGPL which states. >>> >>> "You may not impose any further restrictions on the >>> recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein." >>> >>> This contradiction makes LAME undistributable (see [1] and [2]). >>> >>> I have sent a message to the Free Software Foundation and >>> the Software Freedom Law Center in regards to this issue >>> (see [3]). So far I haven't received a response from either >>> of them. I have received a response from one of the current >>> LAME developers however (I had CC'd the lame-dev mailing >>> list). Since the time these extra restrictions were >>> introduced, no other file was updated to add these >>> restrictions. Thus there is confusion as to whether LAME is >>> still licensed solely under LGPL or if these modifications >>> to the LGPL which are stated in the README file also apply. >>> The current LAME developers would like to remove those extra >>> restrictions if they knew for sure that those restrictions >>> only applied to the README or at least any file that doesn't >>> contain any licensing information. >>> >>> Since you were the only person to introduce these changes, >>> this is why I am sending you this lengthy message via >>> sourceforge.net's messaging system. If you agree to have >>> these modifications to the LGPL dropped for LAME, could you >>> send a message to the current LAME developers allowing them >>> to drop the modifications? You could also send me a message >>> and I will route the message to them (I am not a LAME >>> developer). >>> >>> Regards, >>> Andres Mejia >>> Email: mcita...@gmail.com >>> >>> 1. http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2010/08/msg00049.html >>> 2. >>> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-multimedia-maintainers/2011-April/017869.html >>> 3. >>> https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=201105030019.30226.mcitadel%40gmail.com&forum_name=lame-dev >>> >>> -- >>> This message has been sent to you, a registered SourceForge.net user, >>> by another site user, through the SourceForge.net site. This message >>> has been delivered to your SourceForge.net mail alias. You may reply >>> to this message using the "Reply" feature of your email client, or >>> using the messaging facility of SourceForge.net at: >>> https://sourceforge.net/sendmessage.php?touser=1387939 >>> >>> >> > > Again, thank you very much. :-) > > -- > Regards, > Andres Mejia > -- Regards, Andres Mejia _______________________________________________ pkg-multimedia-maintainers mailing list pkg-multimedia-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-multimedia-maintainers