CC0-1.0 Patents

[dsciarra]

Hi, are there any patents included in the minimp3 library? I am asking because the CC0-1.0 does not provide rights for patents and if some are included it might prevent us to use it. See also: https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/CC0_FAQ

It would be nice if you could add a statement somewhere in the README about it!

Thanks!

[9names]

I am not a lawyer, and this is not legal advice.
If you have concern about patents you should contact an IP lawyer, but a few things you should consider:

• a patent grant in a software license only provides you with protection if the distributor holds said patents, which is incredibly unlikely here.
• the core technologies in mp3 were patented a very long time ago and those have all expired. See the MP3 wikipedia page for more information, but I suggest that if you have concerns you should do further research.