Bug#665318: ITP: faac -- AAC audio encoder

[Stefano Zacchiroli]

On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 09:13:06AM +0200, Fabian Greffrath wrote:
> Am 17.10.2012 18:37, schrieb Bob Bib:
> >This package has been rejected by ftpmaster as violating Debian patents policy,
> >but has the issue been reviewed by the Debain patent expert person, as
> >described in the policy statements?
> 
> Good question, but honestly I don't know the answer.

The fact that "it may infringe existing patents" is not, per se, against
the patent policy. In fact, that statement is true for every package in
the archive: *alleged* sowftware patent violations can be found in
almost any piece of software out there.

Luca, can you please reconsider?
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