On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 1:57 PM, <ceros-gu...@users.alioth.debian.org> wrote: > The following commit has been merged in the master branch: > commit 39dd042a15a286f7c70b3f59048dd6fb1146e938 > Author: Andres Mejia <mcita...@gmail.com> > Date: Sat Jul 30 13:57:08 2011 -0400 > > Correct copyright information about code from the MPEG Software Simulation > Group. > > diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright > index 3416ea2..32b50bf 100644 > --- a/debian/copyright > +++ b/debian/copyright > @@ -51,25 +51,26 @@ information on that group can be found here: > > http://www.mpeg.org/MPEG/video/mssg-free-mpeg-software.html > > -It is basically a orphaned and incomplete reference implementation that > -is taken as basis for improvements. Quote from that website: > - > - Contact: > - > - Sorry, there is no contact for MSSG: The authors of the MSSG > - software have disapeared and left no forwarding address. > - > - The MSSG software is not maintained and provided "as-is". > - > - No support of any sort is available. The MSSG software is known to > - contain a number of bugs and mistakes. You must find and fix the bugs > - yourself. > - > - All the information we have is available is on this page. > - > - The MSSG source code is a reference for a long-frozen standard > - document. Please post serious questions on the comp.compression > - newsgroup. > - > -http://www.mpeg.org/MPEG/mpeg-pointers-and-resources/ implies that MSSG > -software is considered "public-domain" nowadays. > +They have released their code under the following terms. > + > + * Disclaimer of Warranty > + * > + * These software programs are available to the user without any license fee > or > + * royalty on an "as is" basis. The MPEG Software Simulation Group disclaims > + * any and all warranties, whether express, implied, or statuary, including > any > + * implied warranties or merchantability or of fitness for a particular > + * purpose. In no event shall the copyright-holder be liable for any > + * incidental, punitive, or consequential damages of any kind whatsoever > + * arising from the use of these programs. > + * > + * This disclaimer of warranty extends to the user of these programs and > user's > + * customers, employees, agents, transferees, successors, and assigns. > + * > + * The MPEG Software Simulation Group does not represent or warrant that the > + * programs furnished hereunder are free of infringement of any third-party > + * patents. > + * > + * 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. > > -- > mjpegtools packaging > > _______________________________________________ > pkg-multimedia-commits mailing list > pkg-multimedia-comm...@lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-multimedia-commits >
Note that this disclaimer has been considered non-free. Look for an old bug report in tvtime package. I found this disclaimer in a source file in gpac. -- Regards, Andres Mejia _______________________________________________ pkg-multimedia-maintainers mailing list pkg-multimedia-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-multimedia-maintainers