On Sat, Aug 6, 2022, 10:35 AM Richard Fontana <rfontana@redhat.com> wrote:
[re FDK-AAC, which has a no-patent-licenses clause]

> That is correct. The clause is considered a no-op and the license
> isn't approved for use outside of this case.

I think it is correct to bring FDK-AAC up in this discussion.

I would agree that has some use as an example.

For consistency with treatment of CC0, I believe we have to move it to 'not-allowed' formally, but we can devise some sort of exception that will keep the specific current use case in place.

So, as I understand it, in the case of
fdk-aac-free, the packager
(with assistance of legal?) reviewed
the code and stripped the patented codecs.

Using that example, packagers wanting to
continue to use CC0 would need to perform
such a review, strip as needed, and need
legal review?

Is that what you are suggesting?