Bug#405212: RFP: libx264 -- free library for encoding H264/AVC video streams.
On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 11:07:34AM +0100, Christian Marillat wrote:
> Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> writes:
>
> > On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 07:09:58AM +0100, Fabian Greffrath wrote:
> >> > Package name : libx264
> >> > URL : http://developers.videolan.org/x264.html
> >> > License : GPL
> >> > Description : free library for encoding H264/AVC video streams.
> >>
> >> I have already prepared packages for the Debian Unofficial repository [1]
> >> which are a bit outdated though, but I am going to package more recent
> >> versions soon.
> >>
> >> [1] http://ftp-master.debian-unofficial.org/debian-archive/packages/x264/
> >
> > There are already pretty current packages available at [1], but as long
> > as it's not in Debian other packages in Debian can't be compiled with
> > libx264 (or have to continue to ship their own copy of libx264).
>
> X264 have some patents issues :
>
> http://bugs.debian.org/354667
>
> And threads in legal :
>
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2006/03/msg00031.html
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2006/05/msg00004.html
Thanks for this information.
I actually sent this RFP after seeing that the Debian package of vlc
ships a copy of libx264 and seems to use it for encoding.
If your release manager had the power to close #365389, he also has to
have the power to allow libx264 into main.
Everything else would be complete nonsense.
> Christian
cu
Adrian
BTW: Thanks for your great packages.
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