[MPlayer-users] Re: Re: thinking about mpeg4 licence etc.

[Eric Lammerts]

On 2 Jun 2002, gabor wrote:
> > Patents apply to every implementation (unlike copyright). So even if
> > you code it from scratch, you are still bound by the patents.
>
> ok, but then what about lame?
>
> it's an mp3 encoder... i don't think they pay anything to frauenhofer...

IANAL, but I think that patents apply to the _use_ of the software,
not the distribution. So if _you_ use it, _you_ have to get a patent
license.

Eric