<s>
libmpeg2	B-Library
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
and	I-Application
open	I-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
library	B-Library
for	O
decoding	O
MPEG-1	B-Algorithm
and	O
MPEG-2	B-Algorithm
video	O
streams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
libmpeg2	B-Library
is	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
GPL	I-License
license	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
libmpeg2	B-Library
source	O
code	B-Library
library	I-Library
is	O
released	O
under	O
free	O
and	O
open	O
source	O
license	O
it	O
is	O
legally	O
redistributable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
MPEG-2	B-Algorithm
compression	O
algorithm	O
method	O
is	O
owned	O
by	O
the	O
MPEG	O
Licensing	O
Authority	O
and	O
are	O
in	O
some	O
countries	O
protected	O
by	O
software	O
patents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Absent	O
such	O
a	O
licence	O
from	O
the	O
MPEG	O
Licensing	O
Authority	O
,	O
it	O
could	O
possibly	O
be	O
illegal	O
in	O
certain	O
countries	O
to	O
distribute	O
compiled	O
versions	O
of	O
libmpeg2	B-Library
for	O
the	O
purpose	O
of	O
decoding	O
MPEG-1	B-Algorithm
and/or	O
MPEG-2	B-Algorithm
video	O
streams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2018	O
,	O
all	O
MPEG-2	B-Algorithm
patents	O
have	O
expired	O
for	O
any	O
country	O
except	O
Malaysia	O
and	O
the	O
Philippines	O
.	O
</s>
