Hey folks, I fear I have sad news for the faac package. Besides that the debian/copyright file is wrong anyways (it claims GPL license, which is wrong), it came to my attention that the package itself is probably non redistributible. Please see https://launchpad.net/bugs/374900 for the sad details.
In short, the following 3 files are affected: - libfaac/bitstream.c - libfaac/tns.c - libfaac/tns.h All these files carry this Copyright notice: This software module was originally developed by and edited by Texas Instruments in the course of development of the MPEG-2 NBC/MPEG-4 Audio standard ISO/IEC 13818-7, 14496-1,2 and 3. This software module is an implementation of a part of one or more MPEG-2 NBC/MPEG-4 Audio tools as specified by the MPEG-2 NBC/MPEG-4 Audio standard. ISO/IEC gives users of the MPEG-2 NBC/MPEG-4 Audio standards free license to this software module or modifications thereof for use in hardware or software products claiming conformance to the MPEG-2 NBC/ MPEG-4 Audio standards. Those intending to use this software module in hardware or software products are advised that this use may infringe existing patents. The original developer of this software module and his/her company, the subsequent editors and their companies, and ISO/IEC have no liability for use of this software module or modifications thereof in an implementation. Copyright is not released for non MPEG-2 NBC/MPEG-4 Audio conforming products. The original developer retains full right to use the code for his/her own purpose, assign or donate the code to a third party and to inhibit third party from using the code for non MPEG-2 NBC/MPEG-4 Audio conforming products. This copyright notice must be included in all copies or derivative works. Copyright (c) 1997. According to ffmpeg upstream (and I tend to share this opinion), this makes it impossible to redistribute it in a package that does not claim to be MPEG-2/MPEG-4 conformant, which in the end is against the spirit and letter of the (L)GPL. At this point, I fear we'll have to pull out this package. :-( -- Gruesse/greetings, Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4 -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
