On 2/6/23, Yaakov Selkowitz via Cygwin-apps <cygwin-apps@cygwin.com> wrote: > On Sun, 2023-02-05 at 22:11 -0700, Brian Inglis wrote: >> On 2023-02-05 19:44, Yaakov Selkowitz via Cygwin-apps wrote: >> > On Sun, 2023-02-05 at 17:37 +0900, Takashi Yano via Cygwin-apps wrote: >> > > I would like to propose new package openh264, which is >> > > a H264 video codec library. This is needed by ffmpeg >> > > package I had proposed, and also provided for ffmpeg-free >> > > package in fedora. >> > > >> > > I already prepared the package at the following location. >> > > >> > > https://tyan0.yr32.net/cygwin/x86_64/release/openh264/ >> >> > Unfortunately, this cannot be included in the Cygwin distribution. >> > Cisco's >> > patent license only covers binaries they distribute. Fedora has a >> > special >> > arrangement with Cisco where they build their RPMs on Fedora >> > infrastructure, >> > but the packages are hosted by Cisco in a separate repository. >> >> http://www.openh264.org/ >> "Cisco has taken their H.264 implementation, and open sourced it under BSD >> >> license terms. Development and maintenance will be overseen by a board >> from >> industry and the open source community. Furthermore, we have provided a >> binary >> form suitable for inclusion in applications across a number of different >> operating systems, and make this binary module available for download >> from >> the >> Internet. We will not pass on our MPEG-LA licensing costs for this >> module, >> and >> based on the current licensing environment, this will effectively make >> H.264 >> free for use on supported platforms." > > This is exactly the point. Cisco paid for a license, but that license is > limited to binaries they distribute.
IANAL but it sure looks like redistribution is allowed: cisco/openh264 is licensed under the BSD 2-Clause "Simplified" License https://github.com/cisco/openh264/blob/master/LICENSE <.. snip ..> Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: Lee
