>> - libmp3lame-dev
>> - libxvidcore4-dev
>>
>> I believe that both can be promoted to universe. libfaac should probably
>> removed from ubuntu.
>
> There is still the "patent problem" which prevent those packages to go
> into universe since the beginning of Ubuntu. And I'm not aware of any
> progress on this, but I can be wrong (I hope :) )
Julien Lavergne <email address hidden> writes:
>> - libmp3lame-dev
>> - libxvidcore4-dev
>>
>> I believe that both can be promoted to universe. libfaac should probably
>> removed from ubuntu.
>
> There is still the "patent problem" which prevent those packages to go
> into universe since the beginning of Ubuntu. And I'm not aware of any
> progress on this, but I can be wrong (I hope :) )
What patent problem?
See http:// wiki.ubuntu. com/PatentPolic y for the updated policy ubuntu
has on patents.
please note that x264 is already in universe, so patents shouldn't be
the problem for libxvidcore4-dev.
lame could need further investigation, though.
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