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There is also issues of old packages that were never moved out of +main, despites not really supported. + +So no, it was not clear. + +><i> > > > == What about patents? +</I>><i> > > > +</I>><i> > > > Almost no software with patents: Fedora, Opensuse +</I>><i> > > > +</I>><i> > > > - Essentially no media codecs except theora/vorbis/ogg/vp8 etc. +</I>><i> > > > - Strange exception: libXft, Cairo and Qt4 are shipped with LCD +</I>><i> > > > filtering +</I>><i> > > > +</I>><i> > > > support enabled, even if it is disabled in freetype +</I>><i> > > > +</I>><i> > > > No software with enforced patents: Debian +</I>><i> > > > +</I>><i> > > > - not included (at least): x264 (encoder), lame mp3 (encoder) +</I>><i> > > > - included (at least): MPEG/x decoders, H.264 decoders, MP3 decoders, +</I>><i> > > > +</I>><i> > > > AAC decoders, AMR decoders, DTS decoders, AC3 decoders, +</I>><i> > > > WMV/WMA decoders, realvideo decoders, etc +</I>><i> > > > +</I>><i> > > > Some software covered by patents not included: Mandriva +</I>><i> > > > +</I>><i> > > > - see below for more information +</I>><i> > > > +</I>><i> > > > All software covered by patents allowed: Arch, Ubuntu +</I>><i> > > > +</I>><i> > > > +</I>><i> > > > IMO we should alter our policy to match either Fedora, Debian or +</I>><i> > > > Ubuntu.. The Mandriva policy makes no sense (for example, no AAC +</I>><i> > > > decoder but yes for H.264 decoder and MPEG-4 encoder?). +</I>><i> > > > I'm really not sure which way we should go, though. WDYT? +</I>><i> > > +</I>><i> > > I would go the Debian way. +</I>><i> > > Ubuntu and Fedora are tied to companies, and Debian is not, so their +</I>><i> > > policies are likely more adapted to our own model. +</I>><i> > > +</I>><i> > > Debian way seems to be more pragmatic that Ubuntu/Fedora on that matter. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > Indeed, Debian's situation seems closer to ours. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > However, a bit more investigation shows that the Debian policy "no enforced +</I>><i> > patents" is not really a written policy and what it means in practice is +</I>><i> > not 100% clear. A clarification request [1] has gone unanswered for 1.5 +</I>><i> > years, and "missing" packages x264,lame,xvidcore are sitting in the NEW +</I>><i> > queue [2] without having been accepted or rejected yet (it has "only" been +</I>><i> > 2.5 months, though). +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > BTW, other related 'missing' packages in debian are "mjpegtools", "faac", +</I>><i> > "transcode", but the first two are missing due to license reasons instead +</I>><i> > of patent issues: +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > mjpegtools contains source files that are "All Rights Reserved" by +</I>><i> > "MPEG/audio software simulation group" (Ubuntu has the package in +</I>><i> > multiverse, Mandriva in main) +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > faac contains a limitation that it is not allowed to be used in software +</I>><i> > not conforming to MPEG-2/MPEG-4 Audio standards, which makes it +</I>><i> > non-opensource (Ubuntu has the package in multiverse, Mandriva doesn't +</I>><i> > have it). +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > transcode is missing, but there's been no recent activity on it that would +</I>><i> > explain why it isn't there (IIRC its supported codecs are a subset of +</I>><i> > ffmpeg ones, and ffmpeg is in Debian). +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > [1] <A HREF="http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=522373">http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=522373</A> +</I>><i> > (note that debian had some encoders disabled in ffmpeg at the time of the +</I>><i> > above report; those have since been enabled) +</I>><i> > [2] <A HREF="http://ftp-master.debian.org/new.html">http://ftp-master.debian.org/new.html</A> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Questions about patents is related to which law applies to Mageia. No answers +</I>><i> to which law then no clear policy can be applied. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> For me, since Mageia.org will lead the project (and will own Mageia +</I>><i> trademarks) is located in France, since build system of Mageia will be in +</I>><i> France +</I> +There is no guarantee that the BS will always be located in France. So I think you should +not make assumptions like this. + +><i> then French law is the law we have to consider for Mageia. Debian runs +</I>><i> under SPI organization located in the state of New York, USA, thus is ruled by +</I>><i> US Laws. +</I> +Since the only people who will have issue with this are the president ( aka Anne ) +and the people who distribute this ( ie mirrors admins ), I think we should +ask them and follow their opinions, and only theirs. Because +we can speak of "we have no problem", we will have nothing what ever we do, because we +are likely not liable. Anne and mirrors owners are. So their words is what does count. + +-- +Michael Scherer +</PRE> + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="001214.html">[Mageia-dev] Mageia repository sections, licenses, restrictions, firmware etc +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#1209">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#1209">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#1209">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#1209">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |