Bug#988484: ITP: openh264 -- H.264 encoding and decoding
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- Subject: Bug#988484: ITP: openh264 -- H.264 encoding and decoding
- From: Tobias Frost <tobi@debian.org>
- Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2021 17:33:02 +0200
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- Reply-to: Tobias Frost <tobi@debian.org>, 988484@bugs.debian.org
- In-reply-to: <3cc5e79d-b00d-a781-9e2b-f35280947635@linutronix.de>
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On Fri, 14 May 2021 00:04:52 +0200 Bastian Germann <bage@linutronix.de> wrote:
> Control: retitle -1 ITP: openh264 -- H.264 encoding and decoding
>
> On Sat, 8 May 2021 18:28:35 +0200 Bastian Germann <bastiangermann@fishpost.de>
wrote:
> > This is fine. The package must not reside in main. If you plan to
> > release the package (the downloader) under a DFSG-compatible license,
> > please submit it to contrib rather than non-free.
>
> I am currently packaging openh264.
>
(I was checking the RFS, thats why I came accross this ITP)
I'm confused; is there now a legal patent problem with the library that could
affect/hurt Debian?
Has this been discussed on e.g debian-legal or with the ftp masters beforehand?
Is this RFS package now a downloader or the library itself?
--
tobi
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