From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from conssluserg-03.nifty.com (conssluserg-03.nifty.com [210.131.2.82]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CA9983858CDB for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2023 05:25:50 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org CA9983858CDB Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=nifty.ne.jp Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=fail smtp.mailfrom=nifty.ne.jp Received: from HP-Z230 (aj135041.dynamic.ppp.asahi-net.or.jp [220.150.135.41]) (authenticated) by conssluserg-03.nifty.com with ESMTP id 3165PMj2012234 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2023 14:25:23 +0900 DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.10.3 conssluserg-03.nifty.com 3165PMj2012234 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=nifty.ne.jp; s=dec2015msa; t=1675661123; bh=dzE/d0kVbVNO27cEScY9YvUNFEJYDpIrpxgYxUd4wis=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=N/WI/8ttvFqr4ahkdZsUb1XDFE2dqxrJjRGUwRLdHE/UAXuun7CMM5HFWv/UYnjvQ Xlt1ETHA1/5D5Xh8AwlQ1eTDXLRZoKKNSihyKeheghplYqijXwiyAVr9nF4TcZcyZ6 7XEY3e6sgkqY+Is5tSPXI3DVBJDnM5uMuVCRz3X3yF1xxQ8t2a4bpToVemlPp3ZS5u wLzMUSM7H2VEcD/3lnOAjMTrtOds9IeCru+qYRm4zc+8YqyV20m+eHmBwowb4Y2gyO WpTbPVv2w3rin113k78wSqF9dVQvD25QfR1ZyBaQnyqbqUvjb36J3j2IhZfEsKuoPT w3xX33FfnHCrQ== X-Nifty-SrcIP: [220.150.135.41] Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2023 14:25:23 +0900 From: Takashi Yano To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [ITP] openh264 (2.3.1) Message-Id: <20230206142523.23a3b4b02cf8a8c5ef54b9f0@nifty.ne.jp> In-Reply-To: <61e8a80b73a2d431afa338bd274dac17c5c87e25.camel@cygwin.com> References: <20230205173745.cf6aa7153ce8eae1dfd52c4c@nifty.ne.jp> <61e8a80b73a2d431afa338bd274dac17c5c87e25.camel@cygwin.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.30; i686-pc-mingw32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,NICE_REPLY_A,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: On Mon, 06 Feb 2023 00:16:45 -0500 Yaakov Selkowitz via Cygwin-apps 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