[mythtv-commits] Ticket #12019: Remove liblame as a mandatory build requirement

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#12019: Remove liblame as a mandatory build requirement
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 Reporter:  stuarta                    |          Owner:  jyavenard
     Type:  Bug Report - General       |         Status:  accepted
 Priority:  minor                      |      Milestone:  0.28
Component:  MythTV - configure script  |        Version:  Master Head
 Severity:  medium                     |     Resolution:
 Keywords:                             |  Ticket locked:  0
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Comment (by Gary Buhrmaster <gary.buhrmaster@…>):

 Replying to [comment:10 anonymous@…]:
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 > I would have expected that a MythTV distribution would need to be marked
 restricted and not distributed as a binary too due to codec patent
 encumbrances.


 I will point out that most of the essential patents in the MPEG-2 pool
 have expired.  Unfortunately, some do not expire until 2018 (in the US,
 other dates in other countries), and as long as any are still valid, the
 licensing requirements still exists as far as the the pool is concerned.
 As long as FRAND patents are allowed in standards without royalty free
 options (or agreement of non-assertion) for open source, things will
 continue to be interesting for those projects.

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