[Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL

[Savvas Radevic]

> Just to check, is everyone in agreement that in order to remove libfaac,
> the ffmpeg decoder would have to be included? Otherwise I predict some
> pretty serious fallout.

I bet the answer would be "maybe as a backport". :)

@Jim, the unaware end-users (like you and me) have been informed:
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/03/aac-codec-to-be-removed-from-ubuntu.html

As much as I hate it, it's a fact that there are 2+ licenses on
libfaac that make the software/package not distributable. It's also a
fact that end-users are now aware of the problematic license and will
either seek out a solution with nero[1] or wait for ffmpeg to roll out
a better open source alternative.

Mind you, while AAC encoding might not be available, AAC decoding
(playing aac files) will work (correct me if I'm wrong), since libfaad
is a different piece of software.

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Libfaac not LGPL
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900
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