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diff --git a/audio/lame/files/lame_patents.txt b/audio/lame/files/lame_patents.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 2d906788c66d..000000000000 --- a/audio/lame/files/lame_patents.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,27 +0,0 @@ -# $FreeBSD$ - -Intellectual Property Precaution - -Verious sources explain that the MP3 patents are expired. Various -linux distributions provide precompiled LAME packages for download -since then. - -Most sources, (e.g. http://www.mp3licensing.com/) only talk about -the FhG and Technicolor patent portfolio, but there are also -portfolios from Sisvel (from Philips) and Nokia (from AT&T -> Lucent --> Alcatel). - -Some "old" patents are now expired, but there are more recent MP3 -patents. Some of the more recent ones are e.g. multi-channel related. -Multi-channel (>2 channels) is not implemented in LAME, but this -doesn't mean that there are other patents which could match what -is implemented in LAME. - -There was no investigation (in the LAME project) about which patent -exists, which one is implemented in LAME, and which one is not (yet) -expired. As such it is not known if LAME could now be distributed -as a binary package or not. - -Linux distributions seem to go the "let's see if get sued" way, -FreeBSD does not follow this. - |