Bug#232658: RFP: xvidcore -- MPEG-4 encoding/decoding library
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
* Package name : xvidcore
Version : 0.9.2
* URL : http://www.xvid.org/
* License : GPL with non-free addendum (see below)
Description : MPEG-4 encoding/decoding library
MPEG-4 encoding/decoding library. Drip (the DVD-to-Divx backup program) needs
this in order to produce Xvid .avi files.
Before packaging this we need to sort out the license problem:
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XviD is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL + Link over controlled
interface + location restrictions.
[...]
Under section 8 of the GNU General Public License, the copyright
holders of XVID explicitly forbid distribution in the following
countries:
- Japan
- United States of America
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Note: the "Link over controlled nterface" part is an extra permission, not
a restriction, hence isn't a problem for us.
Whoever wants to package this, should first contact upstream and ask them
to drop the export restriction.
It's worth noting that most of the free software they're using to develop
Xvid actualy comes from the USA. I'd recommend this as an argument to show
upstream.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.24-1
Locale: LANG=ca_ES@euro, LC_CTYPE=ca_ES@euro
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Robert Millan
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thing made, and neither in possession nor in his own mastery; wherefore he
gives and hoards not, and is free from care, passing ever on to some new work."
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