On Sun, 5 Feb 2023 10:19:20 -0700 Brian Inglis wrote: > On 2023-02-05 01:39, Takashi Yano via Cygwin-apps wrote: > > On Fri, 20 Jan 2023 19:35:44 +0900, Takashi Yano wrote: > >> I would like to propose new package x264, which is > >> a H264 video codec library. This is needed by ffmpeg > >> package I have proposed at the same time. I guess > >> this package will not used by other packages than > >> ffmpeg, so only the static library is provided by > >> this package. > >> I already prepared the package at the following > >> location. > >> https://tyan0.yr32.net/cygwin/x86_64/release/x264/ > > > I would like to withdraw this ITP because it does not > > seem to align cygwin package policy. This package is > > not ported for fedora due to some reasons. > > https://cygwin.com/packaging-contributors-guide.html#submitting > > These packages are now GPL and available from Debian main repo, *BSD ports, > OpenSuSE, and Slack, so maybe there used to be issues with non-relocatable > non-PIC assembler code, patents that expired/lapsed, VideoLan, or alternative > commercial licensing, for example no commercial use restrictions? > Many codecs like these can be installed on Fedora, etc. from RPMfusion repos.
Thanks. I am not sure what is the exact reason, however, fedora explicitly excludes x264, x265 library from ffmpeg-free package. https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/ffmpeg/blob/rawhide/f/ffmpeg.spec So, I am afraid these cannot be distributed also as cygwin packages. -- Takashi Yano <takashi.y...@nifty.ne.jp>
