(this kind stuff can go to just debian-legal) On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 12:45:49PM +0530, Viral wrote: > Hi, > > Could someone tell me if there are any licensing problems with opendivx ? > Would it be similar to debian not being able to package lame even though > the code is now 100% free of any fraunhofer code ?
No, there are major problems but you need not consider patents to see them. The OpenDiVX code is under a license which is not DFSG-compliant. Search the archives of debian-legal for a detailed discussion.
