On Mon, Nov 04, 2013 at 03:33:12PM -0500, Bill Nottingham wrote: > Tom Callaway (tcallawa@xxxxxxxxxx) said: > > The OpenH264 binary from Cisco does not include a patent license which > > applies to the source. Fedora does not permit the inclusion of binary > > software without source code. > > > > Thus, the OpenH264 code from Cisco is not acceptable in Fedora. > > > > Whether it is acceptable for Firefox to download pre-built binary > > software for it to use... well, that decision is up to FESCo, but I > > would imagine that this is functionally equivalent to the Codeina/Codec > > Buddy MP3 situation, where it was decided that Fedora did not want to > > include software that did that. > > ... and if someone would like FESCo to issue a ruling, someone should open a > ticket so it can be a meeting item. > Opened: https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/1192 If we discuss that and come to a decision at Wednesday's fesco meeting, there should be just enough time to send something to the webrtc working group mailing list before their meeting. -Toshio
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