Re: [ITP] openh264 (2.3.1)

[Takashi Yano <takashi.yano@nifty.ne.jp>]

On Mon, 06 Feb 2023 00:16:45 -0500
Yaakov Selkowitz via Cygwin-apps <cygwin-apps@cygwin.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 2023-02-05 at 22:11 -0700, Brian Inglis wrote:
> > On 2023-02-05 19:44, Yaakov Selkowitz via Cygwin-apps wrote:
> > > On Sun, 2023-02-05 at 17:37 +0900, Takashi Yano via Cygwin-apps wrote:
> > > > I would like to propose new package openh264, which is
> > > > a H264 video codec library. This is needed by ffmpeg
> > > > package I had proposed, and also provided for ffmpeg-free
> > > > package in fedora.
> > > > 
> > > > I already prepared the package at the following location.
> > > > 
> > > > https://tyan0.yr32.net/cygwin/x86_64/release/openh264/
> > 
> > > Unfortunately, this cannot be included in the Cygwin distribution. 
> > > Cisco's
> > > patent license only covers binaries they distribute.  Fedora has a special
> > > arrangement with Cisco where they build their RPMs on Fedora
> > > infrastructure,
> > > but the packages are hosted by Cisco in a separate repository.
> > 
> > http://www.openh264.org/
> > "Cisco has taken their H.264 implementation, and open sourced it under BSD 
> > license terms. Development and maintenance will be overseen by a board from 
> > industry and the open source community. Furthermore, we have provided a
> > binary 
> > form suitable for inclusion in applications across a number of different 
> > operating systems, and make this binary module available for download from
> > the 
> > Internet. We will not pass on our MPEG-LA licensing costs for this module,
> > and 
> > based on the current licensing environment, this will effectively make H.264
> > free for use on supported platforms."
> 
> This is exactly the point.  Cisco paid for a license, but that license is
> limited to binaries they distribute.  Unfortunately, I doubt that Cisco will
> do the same for Cygwin.

OK. How about distributing only headers as cygwin package
for building ffmpeg?

-- 
Takashi Yano <takashi.yano@nifty.ne.jp>