[Fedora-legal-list] ProjectX

[Tom "spot" Callaway]

On 04/14/2009 03:53 PM, Göran Uddeborg wrote:
> Would it be possible to package ProjectX in Fedora
> (http://project-x.sourceforge.net/)?  It is a DVB demuxing tool.  The
> license is GPLv2+, so that part is fine.  I understand MPEG2 is a
> patented codec
> (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ForbiddenItems#DVD_Playback) but does
> that also affect a tool that just demultiplexes the stream?

We permit code that only does demuxing. It can't also encode/decode. If
ProjectX meets those criteria, it should be okay.

~spot