On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 12:43, Buchan Milne wrote: > > bcast-2000c: old version, new one not gpl > > Apparently cineralla is GPL, and it's already packaged in PLF. Or were > you meaning something else? (kino, linuxvideostudio, both GPL, kino in > contrib) It would be nice to have some video-editing capability in main ... > > But yes, bcast should probably go in favour of something else.
Cinelerra is GPL, but it includes the code to the LAME mp3 encoder which is also GPL (I think) but falls under patent laws. If someone wants to make a patch to remove the LAME code from cinelerra sources AND add code to run the LAME binary located elsewhere on the system when encoding is needed, this would make cinelerra contribs compatible. Note that I have packaged Linux Video Studio into contribs, although it is nowhere NEAR as capable as brodcast was. Also avidemux does some basic editing stuff, and is available on PLF as well. On a side not, broadcast is easier to use than cinelerra, and totally GPL, so I think it should be kept in contribs, and not 'obseleted' by cinelerra which is a whole different beast. Austin > -- > Austin Acton Hon.B.Sc. > Synthetic Organic Chemist, Teaching Assistant > Department of Chemistry, York University, Toronto > MandrakeClub Volunteer (www.mandrakeclub.com) > homepage: www.groundstate.ca
