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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: lame support and patent issues, stubbing things out
From:       Rik Hemsley <rik () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-08-26 15:15:44
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#if Marc Espie
> You're probably aware that mpg encoding is subject to patent issues.
> In the case of kde, this basically means that one shouldn't redistribute
> lame on CD without special arrangements with the patent holders, hence
> no kde with lame support as well.
> 
> Here's a partial solution: this is a stub lame.c file which, when compiled,
> yields a lame library that doesn't work, but allows one to load the audiocd
> plugin and use it.

In CVS now, we already have a solution. The lame library is dlopen()ed,
and if it doesn't exist, it's not a problem - the slave carries on
as normal. Thanks for the file anyway - your solution would have made
the code a lot cleaner :)

Rik
 
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