New lame upstream release?

[Andres Mejia]

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 9:59 PM, Andres Mejia <mcitadel at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm curious to know if there will be another release of lame soon. I
> ask since it seems with some recent activity in Debian, lame will
> finally be allowed to be distributed in Debian.
>
> Also, could this patch be committed for the next release? It would
> leave no doubt that lame is licensed under LGPL-2.
>
> --- a/frontend/parse.c
> +++ b/frontend/parse.c
> @@ -396,32 +396,24 @@
>  {                       /* print version & license */
>     lame_version_print(fp);
>     fprintf(fp,
> -            "Can I use LAME in my commercial program?\n"
> -            "\n"
> -            "Yes, you can, under the restrictions of the LGPL.  In
> particular, you\n"
> -            "can include a compiled version of the LAME library (for
> example,\n"
> -            "lame.dll) with a commercial program.  Some notable
> requirements of\n"
> -            "the LGPL:\n" "\n");
> -    fprintf(fp,
> -            "1. In your program, you cannot include any source code
> from LAME, with\n"
> -            "   the exception of files whose only purpose is to
> describe the library\n"
> -            "   interface (such as lame.h).\n" "\n");
> -    fprintf(fp,
> -            "2. Any modifications of LAME must be released under the LGPL.\n"
> -            "   The LAME project (www.mp3dev.org) would appreciate being\n"
> -            "   notified of any modifications.\n" "\n");
> +            "Copyright (c) 1999-2011 by The LAME Project\n"
> +            "Copyright (c) 1999,2000,2001 by Mark Taylor\n"
> +            "Copyright (c) 1998 by Michael Cheng\n"
> +            "Copyright (c) 1995,1996,1997 by Michael Hipp: mpglib\n" "\n");
>     fprintf(fp,
> -            "3. You must give prominent notice that your program is:\n"
> -            "      A. using LAME (including version number)\n"
> -            "      B. LAME is under the LGPL\n"
> -            "      C. Provide a copy of the LGPL.  (the file COPYING
> contains the LGPL)\n"
> -            "      D. Provide a copy of LAME source, or a pointer
> where the LAME\n"
> -            "         source can be obtained (such as www.mp3dev.org)\n"
> -            "   An example of prominent notice would be an \"About
> the LAME encoding engine\"\n"
> -            "   button in some pull down menu within the executable
> of your program.\n" "\n");
> -    fprintf(fp,
> -            "4. If you determine that distribution of LAME requires a
> patent license,\n"
> -            "   you must obtain such license.\n" "\n" "\n");
> +            "This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or\n"
> +            "modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public\n"
> +            "License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either\n"
> +            "version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
> version.\n"
> +            "\n"
> +            "This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,\n"
> +            "but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of\n"
> +            "MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
> See the GNU\n"
> +            "Library General Public License for more details.\n"
> +            "\n"
> +            "You should have received a copy of the GNU Library
> General Public\n"
> +            "License along with this program. If not, see\n"
> +            "<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.\n");
>     return 0;
>  }
>
>
> Note the single space at the end.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Andres Mejia
>

Just an FYI.

x264 which was in a similar situation as lame was just accepted into Debian.
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-changes/2011/07/msg02178.html

We're just waiting for a new release of lame with all the license
clarification changes before uploading lame to Debian. :-)

-- 
Regards,
Andres Mejia