Re: [Ekiga-devel-list] Ekiga and x264 in Debian main (was Re: Trunk: OPAL Fax problem)

[Eugen Dedu <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr>]

Matthias Schneider wrote:
> Quoting Eugen Dedu <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr>:
>
> > Matthias Schneider wrote:
> > > > > About the packages issue, I suppose that there should
> > > > be packages like this:
> > > > > ekiga
> > > > > opal includes h.261 & theora or depends opal-h261
> > > > & oapl-theora
> > > > > ptlib
> > > > > opal-h263p depends libavcodec
> > > > > opal-mpeg4 depends libavcodec
> > > > > opal-h264 depends libavcodec & libx264
> > > > > opal / opal-theora depends libtheora
> > > > >
> > > > > ekiga/opal recommends opal-h263p, mpeg4, x264
> > > > >
> > > > > The opal-x packages can have different states on
> > > > ubuntu or debian, whether there
> > > > > is a non-free or whatever repository or some
> > > > unofficial add-on repository...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I put theora and h261 inside libopal.  I generated a separate package
> > for h264 (empty for the moment, I will fix it).  Why do you propose
> > separate packages for h263+ and mpeg4?  Are they non-free (in debian)?
> >
> > --
> > Eugen
>
> Because they depend on libavcodec/ffmpeg, which are non-free as far as I know.
> Matthias

libavcodec exists in debian too.  So, except if you do not agree, I 
include them in opal (without creating other packages).  From 
/usr/share/doc/ffmpeg/README.Debian:

Summary of the patent issues with ffmpeg
========================================

   The only patents related to ffmpeg which seem to be enforced against 
open
source software cover the following codec technologies and file formats:

   * MP3 encoding
   * AAC encoding
   * the ASF file format

   I did not activate MP3 encoding (through LAME) in libavcodec, nor AAC
encoding (through FAAC). However, since I have found no real enforcement
of the mysterious ASF file format patents, I did not deactivate ASF 
support in
libavformat. See more details in the patents.txt file.

--
Eugen