<div>I have heard many other distributions (such as Ubuntu) either exclude libmad (and related gstreamer/xine/etc packages) or put it in a special repository due to the infamous MP3 patent issues. Out of curiousity, how did Debian end up including it in main? Does it have a different policy than most other distributions with regard to patent issues, or is it somehow exempt from these issues due to being non-commercial?
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<div>Just curious...</div>
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<div>Tim</div>