[Bug 782279] New: Fraunhofer IIS MP3 patent expired, so can we ask them to open-source it?

[GStreamer (GNOME Bugzilla)]

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=782279

            Bug ID: 782279
           Summary: Fraunhofer IIS MP3 patent expired, so can we ask them
                    to open-source it?
    Classification: Platform
           Product: GStreamer
           Version: unspecified
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Normal
         Component: don't know
          Assignee: gstreamer-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: inclood at protonmail.com
        QA Contact: gstreamer-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
     GNOME version: ---

It seems from what I've read that GStreamer is using a closed source Fraunhofer
plugin to do its MP3 magic. So first of all correct me if I'm wrong.

But if I'm right, then it might be a good time to politely ask them to open
source it. At minimum, it would be nice to see it "verbatim" licensed, so that
everyone could see the source and give it the security review that it probably
never received.

This seems like a petty concern, until you consider how many apps are built on
GStreamer.

I could do this myself, but I don't have the user base behind me that you
people do, and besides, you're the MP3 experts.

https://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/en/ff/amm/prod/audiocodec/audiocodecs/mp3.html

https://www.reddit.com/r/ableton/duplicates/68ndg1/mp3s_patents_expire_hopefully_bringing_mp3/

https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/fraunhofer-mp3-patent-expired-4175605159

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