[oe] mpg123 recipe LICENSE_FLAGS = "commercial" issue

[Carlos Rafael Giani]

On 2014-09-16 07:43, Khem Raj wrote:
> Hi Carlos/All
>
> I want to understand why LICENSE_FLAGS = "commercial" was added to
>
> meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/mpg123/mpg123_1.15.3.bb
>
> in initial commit and has been carried over upgrades ever since
>
> The license seems to be LGPL 2.0 and is explained in greater detail here
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> http://mpg123.org/cgi-bin/scm/mpg123/trunk/doc/ROAD_TO_LGPL?revision=2607
>
> So what portions of it are having different terms for commercial distribution ?
>
> Thanks
>
> -Khem

It's because MPEG audio is subject to royalties. This is also the reason 
why gst-plugins-ugly and gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly have this flag.

Carlos