[opensuse-factory] Expiration of the final US patents covering MP3 and inclusion of libmad in Leap 42.3
Earlier today, I recalled that the final US patents covering the MP3 were due to expire this year, and I did a quick Google search, and found this list at OSNews (Scroll down to get the table): http://www.osnews.com/story/24954/US_Patent_Expiration_for_MP3_MPEG-2_H_264/ It also links to other lists that point to the same date, the 16th of April 2017, for the final US patent related to the MP3 format to expire. I would think that this could allow for Leap 42.3 to legally include libmad, and thereby enable full MP3 support across the distribution without any non-free code (Like Fluendo GStreamer plugins etc.). I must confess I rarely hang out on the mailing lists, but I just thought I would put this idea out there, since we are a good few months away from the release of 42.3, and if I happened to be correct it could be very useful to FINALLY have libmad included in the distribution's own package set. This is especially true since VLC itself is actually included. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On Thu, 2017-04-06 at 11:23 +0200, tsuroerusu@gmail.com wrote:
Earlier today, I recalled that the final US patents covering the MP3 were due to expire this year, and I did a quick Google search, and found this list at OSNews (Scroll down to get the table): http://www.osnews.com/story/24954/US_Patent_Expiration_for_MP3_MPEG-2 _H_264/
It also links to other lists that point to the same date, the 16th of April 2017, for the final US patent related to the MP3 format to expire.
I would think that this could allow for Leap 42.3 to legally include libmad, and thereby enable full MP3 support across the distribution without any non-free code (Like Fluendo GStreamer plugins etc.).
I must confess I rarely hang out on the mailing lists, but I just thought I would put this idea out there, since we are a good few months away from the release of 42.3, and if I happened to be correct it could be very useful to FINALLY have libmad included in the distribution's own package set. This is especially true since VLC itself is actually included. Hello
Most of mp3 related packages are already on way to Factory and can be included in next Leap (once they are accepted to Factory) - in other words mentioned patent expiration is of course known to maintainers of relevant packages :) Cheers Martin -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEwQnJ+Ps8HqIKhK3yWyRdZ/3eaFcFAljmGMoACgkQWyRdZ/3e aFeowQ//caz8cj8q4Q5mQly1mGWrFxxkl+DM21YDxprXwLJyW4R4gN9YA9f6nf12 bcvoWIbuFjZrT2nmDKKr2rhF0b5DnBrQ3I9SqPTRa5Q5F26u7rYZkwCWvHc7NDek tPRNvVBREoFvzdfhS5J2++GhVo3QT6kuk8AtcUiG3G3aypKGSze96N8bNFHE169h FR2yRfJujmrytppEHvEvcargfm2B9U7mMrRHDT4urkWqdg1XuD221yV/evo0Y8bB 1AEAEwNyzUYHfKFoSmSNbypoSaSTV57LZw9SPQ5PiPmvotYV2v56uYKDfBzep1RD C5AGHz+JFP1UeC0aXkfs7Hl8wDlVd0JrDPvxTzM0d46W4CHcH3FuvM6Sekqqnp21 6zqgZQ9P5UrERIna3wizroSga0OUqw52ovG5DVw1IaKReekrA2YKuPDnSVtXIuxV TrnYoJxrJu8dzckuOzrjhjEwQ2AZmvcKAUTX/8+Wn/DQAWo/SMRPrxkbCIQQYxXB 406zr2+iFk5sC2cGZ9XiDG0WbQtr+aPR9hRjYx+ZaGz9cVUSlIkWQne6B0RoDK1c ofVny8gemRM66OTcsDkfId65aRDCf+ybWkF5WSC2yGzUrmL2adzLWtKgy/4hUPTv ctcPm7rvVjQI37xsXSucxKzDtskeokeJ6h4ZszML8RIxj7FA8D4= =V1r6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
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