Loui Chang wrote: > On Sat 07 May 2011 18:32 +0300, Ionut Biru wrote: >> On 05/07/2011 06:28 PM, Grigorios Bouzakis wrote: >> >Ionut Biru wrote: >> > >> >Is faac support in ffmpeg causing trouble to other applications or was >> >changed for licensing reasons? >> >> licensing. if you need faac you should use abs to recompile it > > <...> > What is Arch's official policies when it comes to patents? > It could have some widespread implications for the distro. Seems theres a heated topic on the forum about this [0]. I hadn't noticed it before, i had seen [1] though. Oh well, the forum isn't the suitable place for heated discussions anyway :) [0]: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=117855 [1]: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=116994 -- () against html e-mail | usenet & email communication netiquette /\ www.asciiribbon.org | www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html
