Software License for The Fraunhofer FDK AAC Codec Library for Android

© Copyright 1995 - 2012 Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der
angewandten Forschung e.V.

All rights reserved.

1. INTRODUCTION
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.

AAC's HE-AAC and HE-AAC v2 versions are regarded as today's 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.

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.

Commercially-licensed AAC software libraries, including floating-point
versions with enhanced sound quality, are also available from Fraunhofer.
Users are encouraged to check the Fraunhofer website for additional
applications information and documentation.

2. COPYRIGHT LICENSE
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted without payment of copyright license fees
provided that you satisfy the following conditions:

You must retain the complete text of this software license in
redistributions of the FDK AAC Codec or your modifications thereto in
source code form.

You must retain the complete text of this software license in the
documentation and/or other materials provided with redistributions of the
FDK AAC Codec or your modifications thereto in binary form. You must make
available free of charge copies of the complete source code of the FDK AAC
Codec and your modifications thereto to recipients of copies in binary
form.

The name of Fraunhofer may not be used to endorse or promote products
derived from this library without prior written permission.

You may not charge copyright license fees for anyone to use, copy or
distribute the FDK AAC Codec software or your modifications thereto.

Your modified versions of the FDK AAC Codec must carry prominent notices
stating that you changed the software and the date of any change. 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."

3. NO PATENT LICENSE
NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED LICENSES TO ANY PATENT CLAIMS, including without
limitation the patents of Fraunhofer, ARE GRANTED BY THIS SOFTWARE LICENSE.
Fraunhofer provides no warranty of patent non-infringement with respect to
this software.

You may use this FDK AAC Codec software or modifications thereto only for
purposes that are authorized by appropriate patent licenses.

4. DISCLAIMER
This FDK AAC Codec software is provided by Fraunhofer on behalf of the
copyright holders and contributors "AS IS" and WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED WARRANTIES, including but not limited to the implied warranties of
merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. 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.

5. CONTACT INFORMATION
Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS Attention: Audio and
Multimedia Departments - FDK AAC LL Am Wolfsmantel 33 91058 Erlangen,
Germany

www.iis.fraunhofer.de/amm amm-info@iis.fraunhofer.de


