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      <h1 property="dc:title">Fraunhofer FDK MPEG-H Software</h1>
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      <h2>Full name</h2>
          <p style="margin-left: 20px;"><code property="spdx:name">Fraunhofer FDK MPEG-H Software</code></p>

      <h2>Short identifier</h2>
          <p style="margin-left: 20px;"><code property="spdx:licenseId">FDK-MPEG-H</code></p>

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               <a href="https://github.com/Fraunhofer-IIS/mpeghdec/blob/main/LICENSE.txt" rel="rdfs:seeAlso" isValid=true isLive=true isWayBackLink=false match=true timestamp=2026-09-16T17:05:52Z>https://github.com/Fraunhofer-IIS/mpeghdec/blob/main/LICENSE.txt</a>
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      <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2>
          <p style="margin-left: 20px;">This license is very similar to FDK-AAC, but different language around patent licensing.</p>

      <h2 id="licenseText">Text</h2>
      
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            <p>Software License for The Fraunhofer FDK MPEG-H Software</p>

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               Copyright (c) 2021 - 2023 Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten
               Forschung e.V. and Contributors
               All rights reserved.
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               <var class="replaceable-license-text"><span title="can be replaced with the pattern .{0,20}"> 1.</span></var>
               INTRODUCTION
               <p>
                  The &quot;Fraunhofer FDK MPEG-H Software&quot; is software that implements the ISO/MPEG
                  MPEG-H 3D Audio standard for digital audio or related system features. Patent
                  licenses for necessary patent claims for the Fraunhofer FDK MPEG-H Software
                  (including those of Fraunhofer), for the use in commercial products and
                  services, may be obtained from the respective patent owners individually and/or
                  from Via LA (www.via-la.com).
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               <p>
                  Fraunhofer supports the development of MPEG-H products and services by offering
                  additional software, documentation, and technical advice. In addition, it
                  operates the MPEG-H Trademark Program to ease interoperability testing of end-
                  products. Please visit www.mpegh.com for more information.
               </p>

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<li>
               <var class="replaceable-license-text"><span title="can be replaced with the pattern .{0,20}"> 2.</span></var>
               COPYRIGHT LICENSE
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                  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:
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                     You must retain the complete text of this software license in redistributions
                     of the Fraunhofer FDK MPEG-H Software or your modifications thereto in source
                     code form.
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                     You must retain the complete text of this software license in the
                     documentation and/or other materials provided with redistributions of
                     the Fraunhofer FDK MPEG-H Software or your modifications thereto in binary form.
                     You must make available free of charge copies of the complete source code of
                     the Fraunhofer FDK MPEG-H Software and your modifications thereto to recipients
                     of copies in binary form.
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                     <var class="replaceable-license-text"><span title="can be replaced with the pattern .{0,20}"> *</span></var>
                     The name of Fraunhofer may not be used to endorse or promote products derived
                     from the Fraunhofer FDK MPEG-H Software without prior written permission.
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                     You may not charge copyright license fees for anyone to use, copy or
                     distribute the Fraunhofer FDK MPEG-H Software or your modifications thereto.
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                     <var class="replaceable-license-text"><span title="can be replaced with the pattern .{0,20}"> *</span></var>
                     Your modified versions of the Fraunhofer FDK MPEG-H Software must carry
                     prominent notices stating that you changed the software and the date of any
                     change. For modified versions of the Fraunhofer FDK MPEG-H Software, the term
                     &quot;Fraunhofer FDK MPEG-H Software&quot; must be replaced by the term &quot;Third-Party
                     Modified Version of the Fraunhofer FDK MPEG-H Software&quot;.
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               <var class="replaceable-license-text"><span title="can be replaced with the pattern .{0,20}"> 3.</span></var>
               No PATENT LICENSE
               <p>
                  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 Fraunhofer FDK MPEG-H Software or modifications
                  thereto only for purposes that are authorized by appropriate patent licenses.
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               <var class="replaceable-license-text"><span title="can be replaced with the pattern .{0,20}"> 4.</span></var>
               DISCLAIMER
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                  This Fraunhofer FDK MPEG-H Software is provided by Fraunhofer on behalf of the
                  copyright holders and contributors &quot;AS IS&quot; 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.
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               <var class="replaceable-license-text"><span title="can be replaced with the pattern .{0,20}"> 5.</span></var>
               CONTACT INFORMATION
               <p>
                  Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS
                  Attention: Division Audio and Media Technologies - MPEG-H FDK
                  Am Wolfsmantel 33
                  91058 Erlangen, Germany
                  www.iis.fraunhofer.de/amm
                  amm-info@iis.fraunhofer.de
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