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.
