Comment 20 for bug 528910

@papukaija: I know, I just would like to know if Ubuntu is including a licensed binary, or compiled the code from source.

@Ryan: Please take into consideration that the compiled, licensed binary is not fully free software because of that license. However, that doesn't mean the decoder itself isn't free and gratis.
The binary may not be GPL comaptible, the MIT licensed source is just as GPL compatible as the MIT license is.