Op dinsdag 10 januari 2012 00:12:26 schreef Anssi Hannula: > Hi all! > > As I've noted in some previous emails, our core/tainted media codec > split-up is currently arbitrary without any specific logic. > > As far as I remember, the tainted policy is that codecs for formats that > are claimed to be covered by patents should be there. > > Per that policy, at least the AC-3/DTS/MP3/MPEG-2/MPEG-4/H.264/VC-1 > decoders and AC-3/MPEG-2/MPEG-4 encoders we have in core should be moved > to tainted section. Note that this will make most current > .mkv/.avi/.mp4/.mov/.wmv/.mp3 files unplayable without packages from > tainted section. > > I've covered the other-distributions status earlier [1] in more detail, > but a quick rehash: Fedora doesn't have these codecs at all, > Debian/Ubuntu ship them in Main section, Arch has them as well. > > The (probably slightly incomplete) list of source packages that need > some action (completely or partially moved to tainted) can be found below. > > Shall I implement the move of the packages? > (after the current ISOs process is done) > > Needs to be moved completely to tainted: > > a52dec - AC-3 decoding library > mad - MP3 decoding library > mpeg2dec - MPEG-2 video decoding library > ocaml-mad - uses mad > pymad - uses mad > vdr-plugin-dvd - uses a52dec > vdr-plugin-mp3 - uses mad > > Needs to be moved to tainted or to implement two separate builds: > > alsaplayer - uses mad > audacity - uses mad > k3b - uses mad > kwave - uses mad > lastfm-player - uses mad > libextractor - uses mpeg2dec > libtunepimp - uses mad > mixxx - uses mad > mjpegtools - uses mpeg2dec > normalize - uses mad > qtractor - uses mad > scummvm - uses mad > sox - uses mad > stepmania - uses mad > stratagus2.1 - uses mad > streamripper - uses mad > xbmc - uses mpeg2dec > > Already has dual build, but needs more stuff to be tainted-only: > > avidemux - AC-3 dec+enc, DTS dec, MPEG-2 dec/enc, MPEG-4 dec/enc, > H.264 dec, uses mpeg2dec, VC-1 dec > cdrdao - uses mad > ffmpeg - AC-3 dec+enc, DTS dec, MPEG-2 dec/enc, MPEG-4 dec/enc, > H.264 dec, VC-1 dec > gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg - as above > gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad - uses mpeg2dec > gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly - uses mpeg2dec > mpd - uses mad > mplayer - AC-3 dec+enc, DTS dec, MPEG-2 dec/enc, MPEG-4 dec/enc, > H.264 dec, VC-1 dec > vlc - uses mad, a52dec, mpeg2dec > xine-lib1.2 - uses mad > > > I didn't include in the above list several formats: > - ASF (no active licesing program IIRC, Fedora ships it as well) > - MPEG-2 TS (apparently even Fedora ships them, dunno if oversight, > though) > - H.263 (no active licensing program IIRC, relatively obscure when > compared to others) > > > [1] https://www.zarb.org/pipermail/mageia-dev/20101012/001084.html
that's a big list... but then afaict, what you say does reflect the policy that was presented...
