Bug#199266: ffmpeg?
On Thu, Apr 08, 2004, Michael Schultheiss wrote:
> Is there any further information about the ffmpeg ITP? The upstream for
> my package
Which package?
> inquired about ffmpeg packaging in Debian since their next
> major release uses ffmpeg and was wondering if I could package it. It
> sounds like there's potential patent issues but I haven't found if any
> of the patent questions have ever been answered.
The reasonable behaviour is to ignore patents unless they are being
actively enforced. There are such enforced patents in ffmpeg and I did
not yet check all codecs and file formats.
If your upstream needs ffmpeg for MP3 encoding, for instance, be
warned that it will not be available.
> I've found unofficial
> ffmpeg packages that I suppose I could point users to if necessary.
You could do that in the meantime. I should have time this weekend to
upload ffmpeg packages into experimental.
--
Sam.
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