On Tuesday 11 January 2005 03:57, Chris Cheney wrote: > On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 11:55:30PM +0100, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > > * Chris Cheney > > > > | Its all encumbered, there is a separate organization MPEG-LA that > > | strictly deals with the licensing. It is quite surprising to me > > | that ffmpeg was allowed into main. > > > > According to rumors I heard, it was allowed in since other > > applications (xine at least, I think) already included it. So it > > didn't really make a difference -- if we're infringing on patents > > with ffmpeg, we are with xine as well. > > > > (Apologies if xine is not the package I'm thinking about.) > > Wouldn't that be an argument to have xine removed from Debian not the > addition of ffmpeg?
I'll dare to take the other route and ask: what is now holding back software such as mplayer/mencoder, transcode and mjpegtools from entering Debian? I hope I'm not pushing the envelope here, and I'm not trying to ignite a lengthy discussion about the legal matters (since IMO we are already past that one with the inclusion of ffmpeg). I merely think we should consider the possibility of releasing Sarge with these other extremely popular tools. Best regards, -- Frederik Dannemare | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=Frederik+Dannemare http://frederik.dannemare.net | http://www.linuxworlddomination.dk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
