[om-council] Please comment in RED!!! questions from PoliLinux
Kate Lebedeff
kate at lebedeff.co.uk
Sat Dec 17 10:27:56 EST 2016
Thanks for answering Raph:)
In the meantime I tortured Bero privately and we answered all needed on time:)
> On 16Dec, 2016, at 23:38, Raphaël Jadot <rj at hodo.fr> wrote:
>
> Sorry I'm no expert in this field, this means we should remove aac from official repos?
>
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> 12.12.2016, 21:27, "Kate Lebedeff" <kate at lebedeff.co.uk>:
>>
>>> In OpenMandriva we are using the free codec FAAC 1.28, right?
>>> As far as I know, FAAC codec use the LGPL licence, and we can copy , modify and distribute.
>>>
>>> So, VIA team are talking with Positivo Informática and saying that they need to pay license for it, see below:
>>>
>>> On our call earlier this week, I explained that the AAC codec is free publically and available via freeware websites. As I understand from VIA, that engineers are also fairly easily able to create an AAC codec as well. The fact that your Linux devices have a freeware version of AAC, does not excuse the royalty obligation for these products. It’s the implementation of the AAC codec into a device that makes it a “Licensed Product” under the VIA patent license agreement. I will point you to section 1.15 where Licensed Product is defined. All of the products with Linux do meet the definition of licensed products and should be reported to VIA.
>>> During our closing call, one of the agenda items will be for me to ask VIA to give their official view on the matter. They may be able to provide you with more legal information than I can.
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> About the Licensed product they are using to pressure Positivo.
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Is it right?
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help.
>>>
>>
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