LAME not included in Debian

2001-05-26 Thread Andreas Tscharner
included in Debian... Regards Andreas -- Andreas Tscharner Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side? And hain't that a big enough majority in any town? -- Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn

Re: LAME not included in Debian

2001-05-26 Thread Colin Watson
LAME isn't included in Debian... MP3 encoding is patented in some countries by the Fraunhofer Institute. See: http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/unable-to-package ... and the link from there to the discussion at: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-0006/msg01213.html Also the MP3 Tech

Re: LAME not included in Debian

2001-05-26 Thread ray p
- Homepage, I've read the following: But in May 2000, the last remnants of the ISO source code were replaced, and now LAME is the source code for a fully GPL'd MP3 encoder, with speed and quality to rival all commercial competitors. So I'm asking myself, why LAME isn't included in Debian

Re: LAME not included in Debian

2001-05-26 Thread John Galt
competitors. reopening the old flamewar? The license isn't the issue, it's the Fraunhofer patent. So I'm asking myself, why LAME isn't included in Debian... Because it isn't. Regards Andreas -- A novice of the temple once approached the Chief Priest with a question. Master