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Re: [ITP] mp3info-0.8.5a
- From: David Stacey <drstacey at tiscali dot co dot uk>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 23:14:12 +0100
- Subject: Re: [ITP] mp3info-0.8.5a
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On 29/05/14 18:26, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:
Sorry; our policy is to not include MP3 software in the distribution,
so unfortunately this package cannot be accepted.
Could you possibly elaborate on this please, as I wasn't aware of this
policy. I presume that it's something like licence issues (not free as
in freedom) or the risk of patent violation surrounding MP3.
I ask because a little while ago I managed to put a typo in a tag of a
number of MP4 files, and corrected these by building AtomicParsley [1]
for Cygwin. I had intended to offer it here, in case someone else found
it useful. If AtomicParsley falls under the same policy then that's
fine; I'll strike it off my list of things to do.
Thanks in advance for clarifying,
Dave.
[1] http://atomicparsley.sourceforge.net/