>From wikipedia:

Like all MP3 encoders, LAME implements some technology covered by patents 
owned by the Fraunhofer Society and other entities.[1] The developers of 
LAME do not license themselves the technology described by these patents. 
Distributing compiled binaries of LAME, its libraries, or programs which are 
derivative works of LAME in countries which recognize those patents, may be 
considered infringing on the relevant patents.

The LAME developers state that since their code is only released in source 
code form, it should only be considered as a description of an MP3 encoder, 
and thus does not infringe any patent by itself when released as source code 
only. At the same time, they advise obtaining a patent license for any 
relevant technologies that LAME may implement before including a compiled 
version of the encoder into a product.[2] Some software is released using 
this strategy; companies use the LAME library, but obtain patent licenses

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From: "Felipe Sateler" 
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Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 9:05 PM
Subject: [Csnd] Re: Re: Running liblame from system opcode?