FraunhoferFDK license is currently listed in @EULA. However, it doesn't really seem to be one -- in fact, it looks free-ish. Fedora classifies it as FSF-Free [1]. [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/FDK-AAC
I tend to agree that it doesn't look like an EULA. However, Debian classifies it as non-free: https://packages.debian.org/source/sid/fdk-aac https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=694257 The license also has usage restrictions: "You may use this FDK AAC Codec software or modifications thereto only for purposes that are authorized by appropriate patent licenses." @lu_zero: You had added FraunhoferFDK to @EULA in 2012. Do you remember what was the rationale for doing so?
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=7818accb368b4fd5c1a8b35b58b6b1ef4ae3899f commit 7818accb368b4fd5c1a8b35b58b6b1ef4ae3899f Author: Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2020-01-25 11:26:39 +0000 Commit: Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2020-01-25 11:26:39 +0000 profiles: Remove FraunhoferFDK from EULA license group. Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/695816 Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org> profiles/license_groups | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Actually, the FSF lists it as a free software license: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html.en#fdk According to the Wayback Machine, this is the case already since October 2018 (not sure why I had previously missed this): https://web.archive.org/web/20181009110545/https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#fdk Consequently, I have added the license to @FSF-APPROVED.
