In vlc-0.8.6/modules/stream_out/transrate/putvlc.h is written:
/* Copyright (C) 1996, MPEG Software Simulation Group. All Rights
Reserved. */
*...
*Commercial implementations of MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video, including *shareware,
*are subject to royalty fees to patent holders. Many of *these patents are
*general enough such that they are unavoidable regardless of *implementation
* design.
*
*/
Removed, closing.
Bug resolved by upstream in vlc 1.0.2
More info available in the debian bts.