Re: Request for a free implementation of aptX be added

Ismail, Can you point to the applicable patents? It was my impression that they were expired. I'm aware of EP0398973B1 and US9398620B1. Patent issues withstanding, the libfreeaptx mentioned in the request is forked from the LGPLv2.1+ openaptx 0.2.0 pre-problematic license change with rpath and no-static patches from Packman merged. Whichever between libfreeaptx or openaptx LGPLv2.1+ is preferred is fine with me, I am largely trying to determine if any patents are still blockers. Thank you, Hunter On Fri, Jul 9, 2021 at 9:30 AM İsmail Dönmez wrote:

Hi,

On Fri, Jul 9, 2021 at 3:23 PM Hunter Wardlaw wrote:

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This is taken from request 905123 (

https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/905123) to add libfreeaptx to openSUSE multimedia:libs. I also created bug report 1188146 ( https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1188146) regarding this, though I've been informed that this mailing list is more appropriate.

Two things, first, on Packman you'll find LGPLv2.1+ openaptx as the relicensing is problematic (but legal), as the person who relicensed is not the main author. The second is that aptX is still patented and thus cannot be included in openSUSE.

Regards, ismail