[Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL

[markhaven]

This is complete and utter nonesense.  The referred code needs to be re-
instigated immediately. If the alleged IP owners ask for it to be
removed then it should be.. otherwise, why is it being pre-emptively
censored and on who's authority?

Even if patent/copyright exists - there are hundreds of implementations
of this particular code in numerous open source applications. The
supposed owners have made no recorded attempt to restrict use of AAC and
other codecs for the last 12 years. In addition, the MP3 and AAC codecs
pre-date the statement by a considerable time.  All very mysterious....

Anyone can claim they own the copyright to some code - have they
provided proof which has been independently validated?

Either way, this appears an obvious attempt to cripple ubuntu and
devalue Linux as a tool for media transcoding...  An investigation of
who is behind these claims would be interesting...

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Libfaac not LGPL
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