[Ring] Ring and proprietary codecs

2017-08-01 Thread Thomas Daede
I recently noticed that GNU Ring currently depends on several proprietary video codecs: * H.264 * H.263 * MPEG-4 ASP The usage of those codecs (as implemented by ffmpeg) requires payment of royalties for use. It also prevents its inclusion in Linux distros such as Fedora [1]. However, Ring also

Re: [Ring] Patent-encumbered or proprietary codecs?

2017-08-05 Thread Thomas Daede
On 08/04/2017 08:18 PM, J.B. Nicholson wrote: > Thomas Daede wrote: >> (plus, as you may have guessed by now, I'm really not a huge fan of a >> GNU project endorsing or supporting proprietary codecs) > > Are the codecs you identified (H.264, H.263, and MPEG-4 ASP) pr