[Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
This bug was fixed in the package faac - 1.28-0ubuntu1 --- faac (1.28-0ubuntu1) oneiric; urgency=low * New upstream release. Package based on Debian Multimedia team git. (LP: #395902) * debian/copyright documents all applicable licenses. The package as a whole is not LGPL and will stay in multiverse. (LP: #374900) * Back to using a bundled internal copy of libmp4v2 in the frontend. The external libmp4v2 will eventually be removed. faac (1.28-0fab3) unstable; urgency=low [ Andres Mejia ] * Various fixes for getting faac working on current Debian sid. * Include myself in Uploaders field. * Clarify comment about build fixes in patch. * Change this package section to non-free due to its conflicting licensing terms. * Don't include libtool file. [ Maia Kozheva ] * Add .gitignore. * Remove explicit quilt dependency, migrate to 3.0 source format. * Remove autoreconf.patch, using dh_autoreconf. * debian/control: - Reword binary package descriptions to remove initial articles. - Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. - Update maintainer field. - Add myself to uploaders. * debian/control, debian/rules: - Remove quilt, add dh-autoreconf support. * debian/faac.manpages, debian/manpages/faac.1: - Add manpage from Ubuntu version 1.26-0.1ubuntu2, with manpage hyphen issues corrected. faac (1.28-0fab2) unstable; urgency=low * debian/control, debian/rules: Ported from debhelper (= 7) to cdbs. * debian/control: Wrapped Build-Depends and Depends fields. faac (1.28-0fab1) unstable; urgency=low * Initial release. -- Maia Kozheva si...@ubuntu.com Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:00:51 +0700 ** Changed in: faac (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 Title: Libfaac not LGPL To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-community/+bug/374900/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
** Changed in: ubuntu-community Status: New = Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 Title: Libfaac not LGPL -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
This explanation makes sense to me, thanks for working on it! Unfortunately, this won't help with bug #412063, but that's life. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 Title: Libfaac not LGPL -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
Based on discussion in today's Technical Board meeting, and the content of this bug, we understand the root issue to be, in summary: There appears to be code in libfaac which (as an exception to the prevailing license) is more restrictive than LGPL. Accordingly, the following actions should be taken with respect to libfaac: - Its copyright file should be updated to accurately reflect the applicable license(s). Currently, it states that the whole thing is *GPL*(!) - This makes it GPL-incompatible, so it should be treated as such (no derived works including GPL code) - It can stay in multiverse If we've misunderstood or overlooked some part of the issue, please let us know. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 Title: Libfaac not LGPL -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
subscribing the tech board to this bug. It seems the archive administrators still wait on confirmation/input. Any status update? Should this package be promoted to universe or removed from the archive? -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
** Also affects: ubuntu-community Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: ubuntu-community Assignee: (unassigned) = Ubuntu Technical Board (techboard) -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
@archive-admins: Can you please give a status update on this bug? AFAIUI, this package should either be removed or promoted to universe. multiverse is clearly the wrong place for this, as we the problems are redistributability matters, not licensing. If I got this wrong, please correct me. -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
On Fri, 28 May 2010 06:01:30 -, Reinhard Tartler siret...@tauware.de wrote: @archive-admins: Can you please give a status update on this bug? The techboard deemed the packages suitable for release with lucid. AFAIUI, this package should either be removed or promoted to universe. multiverse is clearly the wrong place for this, as we the problems are redistributability matters, not licensing. If I got this wrong, please correct me. I expect this means they would be happy with this then, but we might want to confirm that with them. Thanks, James -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
Reinhard, I looked at the current ffmpeg tree and found that the aacenc can now be enabled. http://git.ffmpeg.org/?p=ffmpeg;a=blob;f=libavcodec/Makefile Would it be possible to backport this to the the 0.5 branch (and thus patch current Debian/Ubuntu packages accordingly) or do users have to wait for ffmpeg-0.6? I would be willing to help with backporting of this feature if desired. -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
Perhaps the interim solution to this is to have an additional, alternative ffmpeg package that is automatically built upon installation, eg. make-ffmpeg-nonfree-package. It works for Google Earth. Although it's a slightly clunky way of solving the issue, and there are many build dependancies, it'll keep the functionality in Ubuntu without infringing anyone's I.P., or confusing folk that tend to shy away from getting their hands dirty in the console. Any thoughts? -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
I'd love that option, Chrisfu. I'd be glad for anything that can make getting the nonfree ffmpeg codecs available to me. -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
Although it's a slightly clunky way of solving the issue, and there are many build dependancies, it'll keep the functionality in Ubuntu Why not just contact medibuntu and ask for a binary distribution with all the non-free license-arguable extras? I think that they already have packages of disputable/non-free redistribution licenses. -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
Maybe I misunderstand it, but who knows if it a license conflict for sure? Nobody here seems to know it. And are it valid in the rest of the world outside japan and USA? -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
As you can see here it are different in different countries in this matter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patent#United_States So before you remove anything is better to be 100% sure. -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
Hans, software patent and software license are NOT the same. Read the post above yours by James :) On 4/4/10, Hans henrik_nerg...@hotmail.com wrote: As you can see here it are different in different countries in this matter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patent#United_States So before you remove anything is better to be 100% sure. -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. -- Sent from my mobile device -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
This things are not easy. But I think it not Ubuntu developers job to make Ubuntu difficult to the ordinary PC user and helping Microsoft to find out everything for them. If this bug report was not written had anyone ever noticed and think about it at all? And as Hans told maybe it are only valid in USA and Japan anyway. So why let the rest of the world suffer? United Kingdom patent law is interpreted to have the same effect as the European Patent Convention such that programs for computers are excluded from patentability to the extent that a patent application relates to a computer program as such. Current case law in the UK states that an (alleged) invention will only be actually regarded as an invention if it provides a contribution that is not excluded and which is also technical. A computer program implementing a business process is therefore not an invention, but a computer program implementing an industrial process may well be. Canonical are in UK so I think they would go under laws from UK to. -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
There are differents approaches in licenses to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_licence#Software_licenses_and_copyright_law -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
If you remove all codecs you just forcing people to go over to Linux Mint, who works out of the box: http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php Why not do a special Ubuntu for USA and Japan and then the rest of the world can use a Ubuntu with all mediacodecs like Mint doing?After all most countries have different laws about this matter. Pardus have also all mediacodecs included from the box: http://www.pardus.org.tr/eng/ My point is do not things to difficult if you want Ubuntu to be the leading Linux distro in the future to. Most Linux user have there eyes open for alternative and can change very quickly if necessary. -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
On Sat, 03 Apr 2010 07:58:20 -, Hans henrik_nerg...@hotmail.com wrote: If you remove all codecs you just forcing people to go over to Linux Mint, who works out of the box: http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php Why not do a special Ubuntu for USA and Japan and then the rest of the world can use a Ubuntu with all mediacodecs like Mint doing?After all most countries have different laws about this matter. This is not an issue of patents or anything like that. This is a license conflict issue, meaning that the binaries produced from this source package are believed to be not legally redistributable. That is believed to apply regardless of the jurisdiction as it is concerned with copyright and license law, and not patents. You are welcome to have your views on what Ubuntu should do for the benefit of its users, but please make sure you understand the issue at hand when commenting on a particular bug report. Thanks, James -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
Do we have an agreement here that libfaac is getting removed from 10.04? If yes then I will upload new revision of gst-plugins-bad-multiverse0.10 with libfaac-dev build-dep removed. -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
nearly all of them only use aac optionally and can be fixed to not build aganst libfaac. removing faac will annoy our users pretty badly, since it is the most common way to create AAC audio. I hope that removing it will motivate (more) people to contribute to ffaac, ffmpeg's internal AAC encoder, which still lacks some features only libfaac has. -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
Is the internal codec, ffaac, going to be included with 10.04 ffmpeg? I mean, is there going to an alternative solution provided? -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
with 10.04 ffmpeg I mean with ubuntu 10.04 ffmpeg package -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
10.04 will ship ffmpeg 0.5, which does not include an aac encoder. if libfaac is removed, ubuntu 10.04 will not contain any useable AAC encoder. -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
Yes! Great idea! Lets forget all about it just works. Lets annoy/piss-off/confuse/break hundreds if not thousands of unaware end-users by including, without knowledge or consent, into our little battle to further our cause. Thank you for for deciding that we should all be part of some little pissing contest. We will be ever so grateful that the wonderful, all knowing and all seeing developers deigned to include all of us in their holy war. Ooohhh lucky us! Sorry, but the lets piss off all of the users to further our agenda attitude is intolerably arrogant at best and most certainly isn't a solution. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 2:34 AM, Reinhard Tartler siret...@tauware.dewrote: nearly all of them only use aac optionally and can be fixed to not build aganst libfaac. removing faac will annoy our users pretty badly, since it is the most common way to create AAC audio. I hope that removing it will motivate (more) people to contribute to ffaac, ffmpeg's internal AAC encoder, which still lacks some features only libfaac has. -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
Just to check, is everyone in agreement that in order to remove libfaac, the ffmpeg decoder would have to be included? Otherwise I predict some pretty serious fallout. -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
Tom, libfaac is a pure encoder. This has nothing to do with libfaad, which is an decoder for which I'm not aware of licensing issues so far. libfaac on the other hand... -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
Just to check, is everyone in agreement that in order to remove libfaac, the ffmpeg decoder would have to be included? Otherwise I predict some pretty serious fallout. I bet the answer would be maybe as a backport. :) @Jim, the unaware end-users (like you and me) have been informed: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/03/aac-codec-to-be-removed-from-ubuntu.html As much as I hate it, it's a fact that there are 2+ licenses on libfaac that make the software/package not distributable. It's also a fact that end-users are now aware of the problematic license and will either seek out a solution with nero[1] or wait for ffmpeg to roll out a better open source alternative. Mind you, while AAC encoding might not be available, AAC decoding (playing aac files) will work (correct me if I'm wrong), since libfaad is a different piece of software. -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
either seek out a solution with nero[1] [...] [1] http://www.nero.com/enu/technologies-aac-codec.html -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
Ohh yeah and it's free one too. -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
So, by my reading this makes libfaac undistributable, due to the conflict between the LGPL and this license, as well as possible ambiguity as to whether we would even be able to use the code under the original license (do we claim[...] conformance to the MPEG-2 NBC/ MPEG-4 Audio standards?) Therefore it looks to me as though this package should not even be in multiverse. I'm not going to act on this until we have consensus between ubuntu-archive and Reinhard though. There are a few packages that would be impacted by its removal: divxenc h264enc ripit avidemux-plugins-common gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse mencoder mplayer mplayer-gui ogmrip xvidenc Thanks, James -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
another license review on the ffmpeg mailing list: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.ffmpeg.devel/103514 -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
For the impatient, add the following line to your medibuntu repo list. deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ karmic-staging free non-free And ONLY for the impatient. You should be willing to test if nothing breaks and report back if it does. Otherwise wait one week and use karmic instead of karmic-staging. -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
Lionel Le Folgoc made this comment, and submitted a number of libavcodec packages that include faac support. https://bugs.launchpad.net/medibuntu/+bug/490227/comments/1 For the impatient, add the following line to your medibuntu repo list. deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ karmic-staging free non-free Already tested. Works great. -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
Soos Gergely wrote: I already waited almost one full month; if I have to wait God knows how much more time can at least someone explain to me in layman's terms why isn't there a medibuntu package? I would say this part is easy. Probably because nobody has requested the Medibuntu maintainers to make one. I just submitted a wish-list bug 490227 for Medibuntu. Lets see if they can help. -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
Thank you very much Paul, I'm keeping my fingers crossed. -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
subscribing ubuntu archive administrators: could you please review the legal status of the faac package? In the meantime I've found this statement on the upstream homepage: http://www.audiocoding.com/faac.html quote FAAC is based on the original ISO MPEG reference code. The changes to this code are licensed under the LGPL license. The original license is not compatible with the LGPL, please be aware of this when using FAAC. The original license text can be found in the README file included in the download package. /quote -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
Is anyone paying attention to this issue anymore? As I already mentioned in bug 412063 I would need the aac because the only other alternative audio codec my phone supports is amr which delivers unacceptable audio quality. Maybe I'm too dumb but I can't understand why can't there be an ffmpeg in Medibuntu that uses faac. Isn't the purpose of medibuntu to transfer the legal responsibility to whoever uses it? I already waited almost one full month; if I have to wait God knows how much more time can at least someone explain to me in layman's terms why isn't there a medibuntu package? -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
I wanted to do a bump on this to see if Upstream has taken any look at this. Who are we to assign this to for someone to look at it? -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
This is complete and utter nonesense. The referred code needs to be re- instigated immediately. If the alleged IP owners ask for it to be removed then it should be.. otherwise, why is it being pre-emptively censored and on who's authority? Even if patent/copyright exists - there are hundreds of implementations of this particular code in numerous open source applications. The supposed owners have made no recorded attempt to restrict use of AAC and other codecs for the last 12 years. In addition, the MP3 and AAC codecs pre-date the statement by a considerable time. All very mysterious Anyone can claim they own the copyright to some code - have they provided proof which has been independently validated? Either way, this appears an obvious attempt to cripple ubuntu and devalue Linux as a tool for media transcoding... An investigation of who is behind these claims would be interesting... -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
Just an example of an attempt to use libfaac with ffmpeg: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/412063 Please help us sort this out, so this will be available for Ubuntu users. Depending on the actual outcome for the LGPL licensing, shouldn't this at least be set up for people using non-free (ex Medibuntu packages) codecs -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL
Affected files: - libfaac/bitstream.c - libfaac/tns.c - libfaac/tns.h 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. ** Changed in: faac (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = High ** Changed in: faac (Ubuntu) Status: New = Triaged -- Libfaac not LGPL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
