1159b3361Sopenharmony_ci                      LAME 3.xx
2159b3361Sopenharmony_ci               LAME Ain't an MP3 Encoder
3159b3361Sopenharmony_ci                  http://lame.sf.net
4159b3361Sopenharmony_ci	                  May 2011
5159b3361Sopenharmony_ci
6159b3361Sopenharmony_ciOriginally developed by Mike Cheng (www.uq.net.au/~zzmcheng) and was
7159b3361Sopenharmony_cilatter developed by Mark Taylor (www.mp3dev.org). Currently maintained
8159b3361Sopenharmony_ciby The LAME Project.
9159b3361Sopenharmony_ci
10159b3361Sopenharmony_ciThis code is distributed under the GNU LIBRARY GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
11159b3361Sopenharmony_ci(LGPL, see www.gnu.org), version 2.
12159b3361Sopenharmony_ci
13159b3361Sopenharmony_ciAs LAME may contain software for which some companies may claim software
14159b3361Sopenharmony_cipatents, if you are in a location where software patents are recognized, it is
15159b3361Sopenharmony_cisuggested that you seek legal advice before deploying and/or redistributing
16159b3361Sopenharmony_ciLAME.
17159b3361Sopenharmony_ci
18159b3361Sopenharmony_ciIn particular, it is suggested to visit
19159b3361Sopenharmony_ci
20159b3361Sopenharmony_ci    http://www.mp3licensing.com/
21159b3361Sopenharmony_ci
22159b3361Sopenharmony_ciif it applies to your jurisdiction.
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24159b3361Sopenharmony_ci============================================================================
25159b3361Sopenharmony_ci
26159b3361Sopenharmony_cisee the file "INSTALL" for installation (compiling) instructions.
27159b3361Sopenharmony_cisee the file "USAGE" for the most up-to-date guide to the command line options.
28159b3361Sopenharmony_cisee the file "LICENSE" for details on how to use LAME in non-GPL programs.
29159b3361Sopenharmony_cisee the file "HACKING" if you are interested in working on LAME
30159b3361Sopenharmony_cisee the file "API" for details of the LAME encoding library API
31159b3361Sopenharmony_ci
32159b3361Sopenharmony_ciThere is HTML documentation and a man page in the doc directory.
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34159b3361Sopenharmony_ci============================================================================
35159b3361Sopenharmony_ci
36159b3361Sopenharmony_ciLAME uses the MPGLIB decoding engine, from the mpg123 package, written
37159b3361Sopenharmony_ciby: Michael Hipp (www.mpg123.de) MPGLIB is released under the GPL.
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39159b3361Sopenharmony_ciCopyrights (c) 1999-2011 by The LAME Project
40159b3361Sopenharmony_ciCopyrights (c) 1999,2000,2001 by Mark Taylor
41159b3361Sopenharmony_ciCopyrights (c) 1998 by Michael Cheng
42159b3361Sopenharmony_ciCopyrights (c) 1995,1996,1997 by Michael Hipp: mpglib
43159b3361Sopenharmony_ci
44159b3361Sopenharmony_ciAs well as additional copyrights as documented in the source code.
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