Am Samstag, den 29.04.2006, 19:10 +0100 schrieb Matthew William Solloway Bell: > Package: libxine1 > Version: 1.1.1-1.1 > Severity: Serious > Justification: Policy 2.3 - Copyright considerations > > This package includes libfaad* and libx264* which implement the MPEG-4 > Advanced Audio Coding and Advanced Video Coding. Unfortunately, these > are patent encumbered in at least the USA, and many other countries. To > distribute code implementing any of these patents, a license is > required[1]. This license requires signing an agreement and the payment > of royalties, which hasn't been done AFAIK, and is contrary to policy.
FYI the same is also true for mad, most parts of ffmpeg, vlc and probably 1000 of other (multimedia related or not) packages... And vlc even contains exactly the same code you mention above. (I don't want to propose a solution for this problem and I also think that something has to be decided. I just wanted to clarify that a decision here would also affect many other packages) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
