Re: Is the Monkey's Audio license "good"?

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Hello All!
I don't think it worths the efforts - to package original MAC sources.
I'd look at libdemac instead (clean-room developed decoder-only
library):

https://github.com/Rockbox/rockbox/tree/master/lib/rbcodec/codecs/demac

On Thu, Oct 6, 2022 at 11:46 AM Neal Gompa <ngompa13@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I recently read a thread about someone asking about adding the
> Monkey's Audio codec to openSUSE and it having an odd license[1], and
> I was thinking of bringing this to Fedora as well.
>
> However, the license[2] is confusing, and I'm not sure if it
> necessarily qualifies under Fedora's definition of good open source
> software[3].
>
> If it is, what kind of license tag should be used, or should a new one
> be made for it? I'm leaning toward a new license tag, given that the
> terms look "special".
>
> Thanks in advance and best regards,
> Neal
>
> [1]: https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/factory@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/message/OR32LIUGQUZMXB6GQLUK62MD6VQTO2CR/
> [2]: https://www.monkeysaudio.com/license.html
> [3]: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/legal/license-approval/#_allowed_licenses
>
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