From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from us-smtp-delivery-44.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-44.mimecast.com [205.139.111.44]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9BAD43858C50 for ; Fri, 10 Feb 2023 04:35:56 +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-330-TiQmMSgENs64B3C_04Cqqg-1; Thu, 09 Feb 2023 23:35:54 -0500 X-MC-Unique: TiQmMSgENs64B3C_04Cqqg-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx05.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.5]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D9B97185A7A4 for ; Fri, 10 Feb 2023 04:35:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from yselkowitz.remote.redhat.com (unknown [10.22.8.177]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BAA7318EC1 for ; Fri, 10 Feb 2023 04:35:53 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: Subject: Re: [ITP] openh264 (2.3.1) From: Yaakov Selkowitz To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2023 23:35:53 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20230206142523.23a3b4b02cf8a8c5ef54b9f0@nifty.ne.jp> References: <20230205173745.cf6aa7153ce8eae1dfd52c4c@nifty.ne.jp> <61e8a80b73a2d431afa338bd274dac17c5c87e25.camel@cygwin.com> <20230206142523.23a3b4b02cf8a8c5ef54b9f0@nifty.ne.jp> 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 10.11.54.5 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=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,KAM_DMARC_STATUS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,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 Mon, 2023-02-06 at 14:25 +0900, Takashi Yano via Cygwin-apps wrote: > On Mon, 06 Feb 2023 00:16:45 -0500 > Yaakov Selkowitz via Cygwin-apps wrote: >=20 > > 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 wro= te: > > > > > 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. > > > > >=20 > > > > > I already prepared the package at the following location. > > > > >=20 > > > > > https://tyan0.yr32.net/cygwin/x86_64/release/openh264/ > > >=20 > > > > Unfortunately, this cannot be included in the Cygwin distribution.= =C2=A0 > > > > Cisco's > > > > patent license only covers binaries they distribute.=C2=A0 Fedora h= as a > > > > special > > > > arrangement with Cisco where they build their RPMs on Fedora > > > > infrastructure, > > > > but the packages are hosted by Cisco in a separate repository. > > >=20 > > > http://www.openh264.org/ > > > "Cisco has taken their H.264 implementation, and open sourced it unde= r > > > BSD=20 > > > license terms. Development and maintenance will be overseen by a boar= d > > > from=20 > > > industry and the open source community. Furthermore, we have provided= a > > > binary=20 > > > form suitable for inclusion in applications across a number of differ= ent > > > operating systems, and make this binary module available for download > > > from > > > the=20 > > > Internet. We will not pass on our MPEG-LA licensing costs for this > > > module, > > > and=20 > > > based on the current licensing environment, this will effectively mak= e > > > H.264 > > > free for use on supported platforms." > >=20 > > This is exactly the point.=C2=A0 Cisco paid for a license, but that lic= ense is > > limited to binaries they distribute.=C2=A0 Unfortunately, I doubt that = Cisco > > will > > do the same for Cygwin. >=20 > OK. How about distributing only headers as cygwin package > for building ffmpeg? The Fedora package includes openh264 headers and a patch which will dlopen(= ) libopenh264 if present. These could be used (with the modification libopenh264.so.N -> cygopenh264-N.dll of course) in the Cygwin package. --=20 Yaakov