[ CC'ed ftp-master, please see below ]
José Manuel Santamaría Lema panfa...@gmail.com writes:
It should be great if someone can package this tools for debian, a software
which I'm packaging depend on this tools.
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=467228
are you willing to package it under the pkg-multimedia umbrella?
Its already packaged in ubuntu multiverse:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/mjpegtools
There is also a version in debian-multimedia:
http://debian-multimedia.org/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/package/mjpegtools.php
Sure, ubuntu has imported some packages from marillat, including
mjpegtools.
I don't understand why mjpegtools is in ubuntu multiverse because as
far as I know, ubuntu multiverse is non-free software, but mjpegtools
seems to be free software as its dependencies.
The debian/copyright file is close to useless. You need to inspect the
source manually to get an idea of its legal status.
From mpeg2enc/mpeg2coder.cc (but there are many similar comments in
mpeg2enc/*.cc):
/*
* Disclaimer of Warranty
*
* These software programs are available to the user without any license fee or
* royalty on an as is basis. The MPEG Software Simulation Group disclaims
* any and all warranties, whether express, implied, or statuary, including any
* implied warranties or merchantability or of fitness for a particular
* purpose. In no event shall the copyright-holder be liable for any
* incidental, punitive, or consequential damages of any kind whatsoever
* arising from the use of these programs.
*
* This disclaimer of warranty extends to the user of these programs and user's
* customers, employees, agents, transferees, successors, and assigns.
*
* The MPEG Software Simulation Group does not represent or warrant that the
* programs furnished hereunder are free of infringement of any third-party
* patents.
*
* Commercial implementations of MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video, including shareware,
* are subject to royalty fees to patent holders. Many of these patents are
* general enough such that they are unavoidable regardless of implementation
* design.
*
*/
One can now argue what commercial implementation actually means. I'm
still waiting for ftp-master to comment on this, but AFAIUI, I don't see
why debian wouldn't be able to ship the binaries of mjpegtools, lame and
similar free software in non-free.
non-free as a convenience for users[1], that build assemble and sell
pre-installed and pre-configured devices running debian.
[1] http://debian.org/distrib/pre-installed
ftp-master, can you please comment on adding this kind software to
non-free?
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