Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] ideas..

[Johnny Strom <jonny strom netikka fi>]

Damien Sandras wrote:
> Le mercredi 07 décembre 2005 à 00:07 +0000, JGJones a écrit :
>
> > Since I use GnomeMeeting primarily for videocalls...it's main weakness 
> > as you probably know is the fact that OpenH323 only use the H261 encoder.
> >
> > Obviously it'll be lovely if they had a H264 encoder. Alas, we don't.
> >
> > I was wondernig since I came across the x264 project here - 
> > http://developers.videolan.org/x264.html
> >
> > I release that it's still very much in very early days but for future 
> > use, should it improve, is there any arguement against using x264? Such 
> > as patents? They're reverse-engineering the encoder so that would make 
> > it legal doesn't it?
>
>
> Patents are not on the code, they are on the technics, so it is
> certainly not legal, at least in the US. In Europe, it is still a bit
> "vague".
>
> However, there is a licensing problem. x264 is GPL, and OPAL/OPENH323
> are MPL. GPL and MPL are incompatible. If we make a plugin, then it
> won't solve the problem following Mr Stallman because the program is
> "linked" in memory.

Btw why is opal/openh32 MPL?

Seen this:
http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/gpl-compatible.html


Cheers Johnny
> x264 should add an exception clause for OpenH323/OPAL in their license.