On Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 7:40 AM Gary Buhrmaster <gary.buhrmaster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > "Review Request: faad2 - Library and frontend for decoding MPEG2/4 AAC" > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2370973 > > Was this reviewed by Fedora Legal (I did not see > it in the email list archives, but I might have used > the wrong search criteria). Last I recall, some of > the patents for AAC may not expire for a few > more years. fdk-aac-free was reviewed a number > of years ago, and that specific implementation > was approved, but that approval may (or may > not) apply to faad2 which may implement different > parts of the AAC specifications. > > I will note in the README in the source tarball > is the following statement: > > Please note that the use of this software may require the payment of > patent royalties. You need to consider this issue before you start > building derivative works. We are not warranting or indemnifying you in > any way for patent royalities! YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN > ACTIONS! > > Given the minefield that is codec patents, > I believe Fedora Legal needs to at least be > aware of, and probably review, this package > for whether it can be included in Fedora as > is (and the README certainly raises an > eyebrow). This was evaluated at Flock in the Multimedia SIG workshop and deemed okay to ship. -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth! -- _______________________________________________ legal mailing list -- legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to legal-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
