[Fedora-legal-list] clarification: is "inactive" mp3 source code forbidden?

Matthew Miller mattdm at fedoraproject.org
Mon Oct 1 20:18:18 UTC 2012


On Mon, Oct 01, 2012 at 03:40:57PM -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
> See: https://fedorahosted.org/fpc/ticket/214
> 
> I'm just looking for a quick clarification on whether it's our position that
> mp3 falls under patented code we should avoid packaging even as source.

(Double-clarification: not packaging the source into a binary RPM. Just
leaving the source, not built into the binary, as part of a source RPM.)


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