Re: mpeg2enc code in simage

2004-07-25 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 05:00:10PM -0400, Steve M. Robbins wrote: > As I read it, the patent claims disallow this from Debian. Is that > true? Yes. MPEG-2 video encoding has a particularly litigious and nasty group holding the various patents on it. They're about the same as the MPEG-[12] audio e

mpeg2enc code in simage

2004-07-25 Thread Steve M. Robbins
Hi, I'd like to package some software (simage, from http://www.coin3d.org/download/source-code/) which contains the source code for mpeg2enc. Simage per se is in the public domain, but mpeg2enc is rather more encumbered (see below). As I read it, the patent claims disallow this from Debian. Is