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[Michael Hipp <michael@xxxxxxxx>]

I guess I don't understand this comment:

"I can't distribute sox binaries with mp3 encoding support compiled in
at least in Debian main."

I presume this refers to the non-free mp3 encoder. But just removing the
configure switch '--disable-lame' does not cause the sox binary to
include any non-free code. (True?) The non-free code only arrives in
lame. I just don't see how this configure switch changes the legal
disposition of sox. It doesn't really change sox per se.

Otherwise, how is Audacity able to be distributed in exactly this
fashion. It won't encode mp3 right out of the box. But all you have to
do is install the lame library and it is then fully enabled. You
certainly don't have to recompile it.

Why can't sox be distributed like Audacity.

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SoX was compiled without MP3 encoding support
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223783
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