enable MP3 support per default?

[Thomas Eschenbacher]

Hi,

I have been redirected to this mailing list...
is this the right one for my question?
(see below)

regards,
   Thomas

Harald Sitter wrote:

> You should talk to the distribution mailing list really. They have
> actual legal teams for these kinds of questions. 
> 
> On Nov 2, 2017 5:44 AM, "Thomas Eschenbacher"
> <Thomas.Eschenbacher at gmx.de <mailto:Thomas.Eschenbacher at gmx.de>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi all,
> 
>     I have heared that it is allowed now to include MP3 support in open
>     source, as MP3 patents have timed out... is that true?
> 
>     I ask because I still have set the default for MP3 support to "disabled"
>     in the build system of my application (Kwave), to avoid problems for
>     packagers/distributors.
> 
>     If it is ok for you, I would like to change the default of MP3 support
>     to "enabled" and make MP3 import (through libmad + Kwave plugin)
>     available per default - like most users expect.
> 
>     Anyone voting against it?
> 
>     regards,
>        Thomas