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AAC has been standardized by ISO and IEC as part\nof the MPEG specifications.\n\nPatent licenses for necessary patent claims for the FDK AAC Codec (including those of Fraunhofer)\nmay be obtained through Via Licensing (www.vialicensing.com) or through the respective patent owners\nindividually for the purpose of encoding or decoding bit streams in products that are compliant with\nthe ISO/IEC MPEG audio standards. Please note that most manufacturers of Android devices already license\nthese patent claims through Via Licensing or directly from the patent owners, and therefore FDK AAC Codec\nsoftware may already be covered under those patent licenses when it is used for those licensed purposes only.\n\nCommercially-licensed AAC software libraries, including floating-point versions with enhanced sound quality,\nare also available from Fraunhofer. Users are encouraged to check the Fraunhofer website for additional\napplications information and documentation.\n\n2. COPYRIGHT LICENSE\n\nRedistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted without\npayment of copyright license fees provided that you satisfy the following conditions:\n\nYou must retain the complete text of this software license in redistributions of the FDK AAC Codec or\nyour modifications thereto in source code form.\n\nYou must retain the complete text of this software license in the documentation and/or other materials\nprovided with redistributions of the FDK AAC Codec or your modifications thereto in binary form.\nYou must make available free of charge copies of the complete source code of the FDK AAC Codec and your\nmodifications thereto to recipients of copies in binary form.\n\nThe name of Fraunhofer may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this library without\nprior written permission.\n\nYou may not charge copyright license fees for anyone to use, copy or distribute the FDK AAC Codec\nsoftware or your modifications thereto.\n\nYour modified versions of the FDK AAC Codec must carry prominent notices stating that you changed the software\nand the date of any change. For modified versions of the FDK AAC Codec, the term\n\"Fraunhofer FDK AAC Codec Library for Android\" must be replaced by the term\n\"Third-Party Modified Version of the Fraunhofer FDK AAC Codec Library for Android.\"\n\n3. NO PATENT LICENSE\n\nNO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED LICENSES TO ANY PATENT CLAIMS, including without limitation the patents of Fraunhofer,\nARE GRANTED BY THIS SOFTWARE LICENSE. Fraunhofer provides no warranty of patent non-infringement with\nrespect to this software.\n\nYou may use this FDK AAC Codec software or modifications thereto only for purposes that are authorized\nby appropriate patent licenses.\n\n4. DISCLAIMER\n\nThis FDK AAC Codec software is provided by Fraunhofer on behalf of the copyright holders and contributors\n\"AS IS\" and WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, including but not limited to the implied warranties\nof merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR\nCONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, or consequential damages,\nincluding but not limited to procurement of substitute goods or services; loss of use, data, or profits,\nor business interruption, however caused and on any theory of liability, whether in contract, strict\nliability, or tort (including negligence), arising in any way out of the use of this software, even if\nadvised of the possibility of such damage.\n\n5. CONTACT INFORMATION\n\nFraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS\nAttention: Audio and Multimedia Departments - FDK AAC LL\nAm Wolfsmantel 33\n91058 Erlangen, Germany\n\nwww.iis.fraunhofer.de/amm\namm-info@iis.fraunhofer.de\n", "standardLicenseTemplate": "\u003c\u003cbeginOptional\u003e\u003eSoftware License for The Fraunhofer FDK AAC Codec Library for Android\u003c\u003cendOptional\u003e\u003e \u003c\u003cvar;name\u003d\"copyright\";original\u003d\"© Copyright 1995 - 2012 Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. \";match\u003d\".{0,5000}\"\u003e\u003e\n\nAll rights reserved.\n\n \u003c\u003cvar;name\u003d\"bullet\";original\u003d\"1.\";match\u003d\".{0,20}\"\u003e\u003e INTRODUCTION\n\n The Fraunhofer FDK AAC Codec Library for Android (\"FDK AAC Codec\") is software that implements the MPEG Advanced Audio Coding (\"AAC\") encoding and decoding scheme for digital audio. This FDK AAC Codec software is intended to be used on a wide variety of Android devices.\n\n AAC\u0027s HE-AAC and HE-AAC v2 versions are regarded as today\u0027s most efficient general perceptual audio codecs. AAC-ELD is considered the best-performing full-bandwidth communications codec by independent studies and is widely deployed. AAC has been standardized by ISO and IEC as part of the MPEG specifications.\n\n Patent licenses for necessary patent claims for the FDK AAC Codec (including those of Fraunhofer) may be obtained through Via Licensing (www.vialicensing.com) or through the respective patent owners individually for the purpose of encoding or decoding bit streams in products that are compliant with the ISO/IEC MPEG audio standards. Please note that most manufacturers of Android devices already license these patent claims through Via Licensing or directly from the patent owners, and therefore FDK AAC Codec software may already be covered under those patent licenses when it is used for those licensed purposes only.\n\n Commercially-licensed AAC software libraries, including floating-point versions with enhanced sound quality, are also available from Fraunhofer. 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For modified versions of the FDK AAC Codec, the term \"Fraunhofer FDK AAC Codec Library for Android\" must be replaced by the term \"Third-Party Modified Version of the Fraunhofer FDK AAC Codec Library for Android.\"\n\n \u003c\u003cvar;name\u003d\"bullet\";original\u003d\"3.\";match\u003d\".{0,20}\"\u003e\u003e NO PATENT LICENSE\n\n NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED LICENSES TO ANY PATENT CLAIMS, including without limitation the patents of Fraunhofer, ARE GRANTED BY THIS SOFTWARE LICENSE. 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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, or consequential damages, including but not limited to procurement of substitute goods or services; loss of use, data, or profits, or business interruption, however caused and on any theory of liability, whether in contract, strict liability, or tort (including negligence), arising in any way out of the use of this software, even if advised of the possibility of such damage.\n\n \u003c\u003cvar;name\u003d\"bullet\";original\u003d\"5.\";match\u003d\".{0,20}\"\u003e\u003e CONTACT INFORMATION\n\n Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS Attention: Audio and Multimedia Departments - FDK AAC LL Am Wolfsmantel 33 91058 Erlangen, Germany\n\n www.iis.fraunhofer.de/amm amm-info@iis.fraunhofer.de\n\n ", "name": "Fraunhofer FDK AAC Codec Library", "licenseId": "FDK-AAC", "crossRef": [ { "match": "false", "url": "https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:Fdk", "isValid": true, "isLive": true, "timestamp": "2024-08-19T17:39:39Z", "isWayBackLink": false, "order": 1 }, { "match": "false", "url": "https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/FDK-AAC", "isValid": true, "isLive": true, "timestamp": "2024-08-19T17:39:39Z", "isWayBackLink": false, "order": 0 } ], "seeAlso": [ "https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/FDK-AAC", "https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:Fdk" ], "isOsiApproved": false, "licenseTextHtml": "\n \u003cvar class\u003d\"optional-license-text\"\u003e Software License for The Fraunhofer FDK AAC Codec Library for Android\u003c/var\u003e\n \u003cdiv class\u003d\"replaceable-license-text\"\u003e \n \u003cp\u003e© Copyright 1995 - 2012 Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n \u003c/div\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eAll rights reserved.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul style\u003d\"list-style:none\"\u003e\n \n\u003cli\u003e\n \u003cvar class\u003d\"replaceable-license-text\"\u003e 1.\u003c/var\u003eINTRODUCTION\n \u003cp\u003eThe Fraunhofer FDK AAC Codec Library for Android (\u0026quot;FDK AAC Codec\u0026quot;) is software that implements the MPEG Advanced Audio Coding (\u0026quot;AAC\u0026quot;) encoding and decoding scheme for digital audio. 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