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| -rwxr-xr-x | vlc/build/vlc.SlackBuild | 7 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/vlc/build/vlc.SlackBuild b/vlc/build/vlc.SlackBuild index fd74c630..a82b656a 100755 --- a/vlc/build/vlc.SlackBuild +++ b/vlc/build/vlc.SlackBuild @@ -524,16 +524,13 @@ esac # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # -- PATENT ALERT! -- -# FFmpeg can be built with MP3 (lame) audio encoder (needed for FLV videos) -# but this library is 'contaminated' with patents from Fraunhofer and GGP. -# Also, the AAC encoder has patent issues. +# FFmpeg can be built with AAC encoding but this has patent & license issues. # You can build these patended algorithms into ffmpeg, and if you are an # ordinary end user, no one will bother you for using them. # For the binaries based on this SlackBuild that I distribute, it is a # different story. I am not allowed to distribute binary packages that # incorporate patented code. So here you go. My Slackware package was built -# with "USE_PATENTS=NO" i.e. without using the lame mp3 libary and without the -# aac libraries. +# with "USE_PATENTS=NO" i.e. without using the AAC encoding libraries. #USE_PATENTS="NO" USE_PATENTS=${USE_PATENTS:-"YES"} USE_PATENTS=$(echo $USE_PATENTS | tr 'a-z' 'A-Z') |