On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 22:32:22 +0300
Pavel Alexeev <forum(a)hubbitus.com.ru> 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(a)fedoraproject.org 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