Bug#354667: x264 for Debian

2006-02-27 Thread David Liontooth
Salut Christian, Would you consider packaging x264 for Debian? My experience with your unofficial packages has been excellent on both x86 and amd64. Even though the library is still labeled "in early development", it appears to be mature enough to be clearly useful. I have for instance used ffmpe

Bug#354667: x264 for Debian

2006-03-02 Thread Christian Marillat
David Liontooth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Salut Christian, Salut David, > Would you consider packaging x264 for Debian? My experience with your > unofficial packages has been excellent on both x86 and amd64. Even > though the library is still labeled "in early development", it appears > to

Bug#354667: x264 for Debian

2006-03-02 Thread David Liontooth
Are there objections to including the new H.264 encoder in Debian? For details, see bug 354667 (request for packaging). Debian maintainer Christian Marillat currently maintains an unofficial package, and we would like your advice on whether this GPL'd codec meets the DFSG. Christian Marillat wro

Bug#354667: x264 for Debian

2006-03-02 Thread David Liontooth
The feedback from debian-legal is that, although the code itself is GPL, the H.264 codec is patent-encumbered. This means the package does not meet the DFSG and cannot be included in Debian. Please close this bug report. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscri