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Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
I want to package MUSCLE (Movement for the Use of SmartCards under Linux
Environment) PC/SC smartcard framework.
The PC/SC is the Microsoft API specification for accessing smartcards from
an application through a smar
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Bug#88233: O: pbm2ppa -- PBM to PPA converter
Bug reassigned from package `wnpp' to `ftp.debian.org'.
> retitle 88233 ftp.debian.org: please remove pbm2ppa
Bug#88233: O: pbm2ppa -- PBM to PPA converter
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On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 08:45:29PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > I am intending to package LAME (mp3 encoder). There are some patent
> > limitations on lame's use in Germany/USA so I am proposing
> > Section: non-free/sound.
>
> According to [1] these patents are vailid in several other countries
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On Sun, 18 Mar 2001, Adam Conrad wrote:
> As I understand it, it's only the end-users of encoders (not the writers or
> distributors) who are subject to the licensing fee. That said, Pandora is
> in the Netherlands, so couldn't the issue be skirted by making the package
> non-US/non-free, and poi
Hmm... Valid points... Does Debian have a patent lawyer kicking around with
the project who could help out?... It's certainly not worth paying one for
the sake of a single package (have you SEEN their fees?.. Eesh..), but if we
have someone on retainer already, or if there happens to be a
friend-of
On Sun, 18 Mar 2001, Mark Purcell wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
>
> I am intending to package LAME (mp3 encoder). There are some patent
> limitations on lame's use in Germany/USA so I am proposing
> Section: non-free/sound.
According to [1] these patents are vailid in several other
On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 11:04:28AM -0700, Adam Conrad wrote:
> As I understand it, it's only the end-users of encoders (not the writers or
> distributors) who are subject to the licensing fee.
AFAICT distribution falls under use. But we'd have to see the exact text of
the patent to verify that, an
As I understand it, it's only the end-users of encoders (not the writers or
distributors) who are subject to the licensing fee. That said, Pandora is
in the Netherlands, so couldn't the issue be skirted by making the package
non-US/non-free, and pointing the end user towards docs which explain the
Package: wnpp
Severity: normal
The current maintainer of mailx, Loic Prylli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
is obviously not active anymore. Therefore, I orphan this package
now. If you want to be the new maintainer, please take it -- retitle
this bug from 'O:' to 'ITA:', fix the outstanding bugs and uploa
Package: wnpp
Severity: normal
The current maintainer of xxgdb, Helmut Geyer
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, is obviously MIA. Thus, I'm
orphaning this package. If you want to be the new maintainer, please
take it -- fix the outstanding bugs and upload a new version with your
name in the Maintainer: field.
On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 08:20:53AM -0700, Adam Conrad wrote:
> > > However, personal and commercial use of compiled versions of LAME (or any
> > > other mp3 encoder) requires a patent license in some countries.
> > >
> > > Which qualifies for non-free in Debian as the patent is only approved in
> >
Josip,
Not all people will have to apply for a patent license to use it, only
certain people. That should qualify it for non-free, in much the same way
ssh2 is in non-free because commercial users need to license it.
I realize that many Debian developers and users are in the US, so it would
seem
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On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 11:16:07PM +1100, Mark Purcell wrote:
> However, personal and commercial use of compiled versions of LAME (or any
> other mp3 encoder) requires a patent license in some countries.
>
> Which qualifies for non-free in Debian as the patent is only approved in
> Germany and USA
>> Mark Purcell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Lame does not contain any of the Fraunhofer Institute code, the lame source
> code is fully GPL. Other mp3 encoders, refered to at wnpp/unable-to-package
> are based on the Fraunhofer Institute code. However, personal and
> commercial use of comp
> http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/unable-to-package
>
> AFAIK, this is not about software using Fraunhofer's code, it's about
> MP3 encoders.
Lame does not contain any of the Fraunhofer Institute code, the lame source
code is fully GPL. Other mp3 encoders, refered to at wnpp/unable-to-package
* Mark Purcell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20010318 19:17]:
> Description: Rename mp3 files based on id3tags
> mp3rename is for easily renaming all those bad named mp3 files.
> So that they can be recognised.
Here's a feature request for this (I must confess I haven't t
* Michael Meskes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20010317 19:45]:
> > This package has been orphaned for quite a while. The original
> > WNPP
> No, it has not. I just looked for someone to take over. I did not
> orphan it.
Sorry, the description was misleading. The package has not been
orphaned, but is up
>> Mark Purcell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am intending to package LAME (mp3 encoder). There are some patent
> limitations on lame's use in Germany/USA so I am proposing
> Section: non-free/sound.
http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/unable-to-package
AFAIK, this is not about software u
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Description: Rename mp3 files based on id3tags
mp3rename is for easily renaming all those bad named mp3 files.
So that they can be recognised.
It was downloaded from http://rendo.dekooi.nl
Upstream Author(s): Sander Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
I am intending to package LAME (mp3 encoder). There are some patent
limitations on lame's use in Germany/USA so I am proposing
Section: non-free/sound.
Mark
LAME 3.xx
LAME Ain't an MP3 Encoder
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