From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from us-smtp-delivery-44.mimecast.com (unknown [207.211.30.44]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B2D9D3858D1E for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2023 05:10:52 +0000 (GMT) Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=permerror header.from=cygwin.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=fail smtp.mailfrom=cygwin.com Received: from mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (mimecast-mx02.redhat.com [66.187.233.88]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-619-85-yQBshN3GSZth1Bki7uQ-1; Mon, 06 Feb 2023 00:10:40 -0500 X-MC-Unique: 85-yQBshN3GSZth1Bki7uQ-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx06.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.6]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EA74D85A588 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2023 05:10:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from yselkowitz.remote.redhat.com (unknown [10.22.8.61]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CB80B2166B29 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2023 05:10:39 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <3c43cebe8c2b6159e20a697979bf30910fb359fe.camel@cygwin.com> Subject: Re: [ITP] faad2 (2.8.8) From: Yaakov Selkowitz To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2023 00:10:39 -0500 In-Reply-To: <351d817f-b281-6289-b667-f3e51b2e30b1@Shaw.ca> References: <20230120193607.ef2107eacb9effef543acd39@nifty.ne.jp> <665c5d9796b8f612b860016f52f818de7e7cccb7.camel@cygwin.com> <351d817f-b281-6289-b667-f3e51b2e30b1@Shaw.ca> User-Agent: Evolution 3.46.3 (3.46.3-1.module_f37+15877+cf3308f9) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.1 on 10.11.54.6 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,KAM_DMARC_STATUS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL,SPF_FAIL,SPF_HELO_NONE,TXREP autolearn=no 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 Sun, 2023-02-05 at 22:04 -0700, Brian Inglis wrote: > On 2023-02-05 19:46, Yaakov Selkowitz via Cygwin-apps wrote: > > On Fri, 2023-01-20 at 19:36 +0900, Takashi Yano via Cygwin-apps wrote: > > > I would like to propose a new package FAAD2 which is > > > a decoder library for AAC audio codec. This package > > > is needed by the new package moc I have proposed at > > > the same time. I have already prepared the package at: > > >=20 > > > https://tyan0.yr32.net/cygwin/x86_64/release/faad2/ > >=20 > > Unfortunately, this cannot be included in the Cygwin distribution. >=20 > These packages are now GPL and available from Arch, Debian main repo, *BS= D=20 > ports, OpenSuSE, Slack, and more, so there may have been issues with=20 > non-relocatable non-PIC assembler code, patents now > expired/lapsed/challenged,=20 > VideoLan or alternative commercial licensing, for example no commercial u= se=20 > restrictions? > Many codecs like these can be installed on Fedora, etc. from RPMfusion,= =20 > UnitedRPMs, or other repos. Anything blocked from Fedora itself for legal reasons cannot be part of Cyg= win either. Its inclusion in any other distro or repo is insufficient. --=20 Yaakov