mp3 license.

[Thomas James-4]

hi all
i have collected some info about my question but i am still doubted.
that my question is :
for using lame in my commercial project does i need mp3 license from
the mp3licensing.com?
thx

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[Rich Rosado (R* NYC)]

Hi,

Yes you do

However, you do not need to license an encoder from them

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hi all
i have collected some info about my question but i am still doubted.
that my question is :
for using lame in my commercial project does i need mp3 license from the
mp3licensing.com?
thx

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[Thomas James-4]

so using only encoding parts of lame in commercial program doesn't
need the mp3 license.
ok?

On 5/27/08, Rich Rosado (R* NYC) <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Yes you do
>
> However, you do not need to license an encoder from them
>
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> [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Thomas
> James
> Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 1:21 AM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: [Lame-dev] mp3 license.
>
> hi all
> i have collected some info about my question but i am still doubted.
> that my question is :
> for using lame in my commercial project does i need mp3 license from the
> mp3licensing.com?
> thx
>
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[Gabriel Bouvigne]

Thomas James a écrit :
> so using only encoding parts of lame in commercial program doesn't
> need the mp3 license.
> ok?

Our encoder implementation is licences under the LGPL license. However,
that only covers our specific implementation, and would not change
anything regarding a potential patents license. It is your
responsability to check for such a patents license.

Practically, several companies are shipping Lame with their products,
and subscribed to some patents licenses (including from ThomsonMM/FhG).
By using Lame you would save cost on the implementation, but not on the
patents license.

Regards,

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Gabriel Bouvigne
www.mp3-tech.org
personal page: http://gabriel.mp3-tech.org

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