Rune.K skrev:Du kan installera Debian i vilket land som helst och lyssna på mp3 "out of the box" utan att det är olagligt, pga av att licensen för mp3-decodern redan är betald till Fraunhofer av Fluendo...
Nej. Det är inte sant, oavsett. Debian måste betala en egen licens, och dessutom distribuerar Debian även ffmpeg, som inte heller de har betalat licens.
Hittade nu även denna pärla:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=522373
Edit: På fluendo står det förvisso att "It is a redistribution contract allowing distributions to distribute the binary Fluendo GStreamer MP3 plug-in free of charge.", så det måste vara någon form av speciallicens. ffmpeg kvarstår dock.
Edit2: "On the other hand, if you live in a country where the patents apply, or if you are a distribution maker who sells your distribution in countries where the patents apply, then you need the licensed binary from Fluendo."
debian copyright-fil skrev:
The binaries that can be created by compiling this Source Code released by
Fluendo might be covered by patents in various parts of the world. Fluendo
does not own or claim to own any patents on the techniques used in the code.
(Such patents are owned or claimed to be owned by Thompson Licensing, S.A. and
some other entities as the case may be).
Fluendo has got the relevant licenses to cover its own activities with the
Source Code but it is not authorized to sublicense nor to grant the rights
which it has acquired over the patents. In this sense, you can work and deal
freely with the Source Code under MIT provisions set out above, bearing in mind
that some activities might not be allowed under applicable patent regulations
and that Fluendo is not granting any rights in relation to such patents.
The patent license granted to Fluendo only covers Fluendo's own Software and
Source Code activities. In any case, this software license does not allow you
to redistribute or copy complete, ready to use mp3 software decoder binaries
made from the Source Code as made available by Fluendo. You can of course
distribute binaries you make yourself under any terms allowed by the MIT
license and whatever necessary rights you have or have acquired according to
applicable patent regulations.
As Fluendo can not assure that any of the activities you undertake do not
infringe any patents or other industrial or intellectual property rights,
Fluendo hereby disclaims any liability for any patent infringement that may be
claimed to you or to any other person from any legitimate right's owner, as
stated in MIT license. So it is your responsibility to get information and to
acquire the necessary patent licenses to undertake your activities legally.