Re: Legal flag raised on fdk-aac

[Miroslav Suchý]

Dne 28. 05. 20 v 9:42 [e-mail] napsal(a):
> Navigate to https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/admin/legal-flag/
> Contact on owner is: cykerway 
> Reported by kwizart

I believe that fdk-aac is OK. I already discussed about this on:
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/588443/use-copr-with-rpmfusion-nonf...

And see the last comment which points:
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/...

Legalflagraisedonfdk-aac

[Nicolas Chauvet]

Le jeu. 28 mai 2020 à 20:06, Miroslav Suchý  a écrit :
> Dne 28. 05. 20 v 9:42 [e-mail] napsal(a):
> > Navigate to https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/admin/legal-flag/
> > Contact on owner is: cykerway 
> > Reported by kwizart
>
> I believe that fdk-aac is OK. I already discussed about this on:
> https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/588443/use-copr-with-rpmfusion-nonf...
>
> And see the last comment which points:
> https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/...

Hello Miroslav,

This is the modified version (I would defined as "less patented") that
was accepted in fedora. Here is the full unmodified (full of patents)
version.
Also both  modified (fdk-aac-free) and unmodified version are known to
remain GPL incompatible. (so cannot be used with GPL built FFmpeg).
This is also mentioned in the FSF
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#fdk

There is an internal AAC encoder(/decoder) is FFMpeg, so many users
believe they need it. But in most use-case they can use the internal
one instead.

Thanks

Fwd:Legalflagraisedonfdk-aac

[Miroslav Suchý]

Hi Cykerway,
see the explanation below.
Your repo has been deleted (by some other admin).

Kind Regards
    Miroslav Suchy

-------- Přeposlaná zpráva --------
Předmět: Re: Legal flag raised on fdk-aac
Datum: Thu, 28 May 2020 21:24:44 +0200
Od: Nicolas Chauvet 
Komu: Miroslav Suchý 
Kopie: [e-mail]

Le jeu. 28 mai 2020 à 20:06, Miroslav Suchý  a écrit :
> Dne 28. 05. 20 v 9:42 [e-mail] napsal(a):
> > Navigate to https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/admin/legal-flag/
> > Contact on owner is: cykerway 
> > Reported by kwizart
>
> I believe that fdk-aac is OK. I already discussed about this on:
> https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/588443/use-copr-with-rpmfusion-nonf...
>
> And see the last comment which points:
> https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/...

Hello Miroslav,

This is the modified version (I would defined as "less patented") that
was accepted in fedora. Here is the full unmodified (full of patents)
version.
Also both  modified (fdk-aac-free) and unmodified version are known to
remain GPL incompatible. (so cannot be used with GPL built FFmpeg).
This is also mentioned in the FSF
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#fdk

There is an internal AAC encoder(/decoder) is FFMpeg, so many users
believe they need it. But in most use-case they can use the internal
one instead.

Thanks