On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 22:32:22 +0300 Pavel Alexeev <forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello. > > I found very interesting BPG image format - http://bellard.org/bpg/ > > Under licensing chapter on offsite stated: > > * The BPG decoding library uses a modified version of FFmpeg > released under the LGPL version 2.1 as HEVC decoder. The BPG decoding > library excluding the FFmpeg code is released under the BSD license. > * The BPG encoder as a whole is released under the GPL version 2 > license. The BPG encoder sources excluding x265 are released under > the BSD license. Thex265 > <https://www.videolan.org/developers/x265.html>library is released > under the GPL version 2 license. The optionalJCTVC HEVC reference > encoder <https://hevc.hhi.fraunhofer.de/>is released under the BSD > license. > * Some of the HEVC algorithms may be protected by patents in some > countries (read theFFmpeg Patent Mini-FAQ > <https://www.ffmpeg.org/legal.html>for more information). Most > devices already include or will include hardware HEVC support, so > we suggest to use it if patents are an issue. > > Licenses free. > Licensecheck also show mix of BSD, MIT and LGPL code. > > But what with codec patents? Is it acceptable in Fedora? Please mail legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or make a review and have it block FE_LEGAL. This list cannot decide if it's acceptable or not, that will take a judgment from fedora legal. kevin
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