Hi Yaakov, On Mon, 6 Feb 2023 14:25:23 +0900 Takashi Yano wrote: > On Mon, 06 Feb 2023 00:16:45 -0500 > Yaakov Selkowitz via Cygwin-apps <cygwin-apps@cygwin.com> wrote: > > On Sun, 2023-02-05 at 22:11 -0700, Brian Inglis wrote: > > > On 2023-02-05 19:44, Yaakov Selkowitz via Cygwin-apps wrote: > > > > Unfortunately, this cannot be included in the Cygwin distribution. > > > > Cisco's > > > > patent license only covers binaries they distribute. Fedora has a > > > > special > > > > arrangement with Cisco where they build their RPMs on Fedora > > > > infrastructure, > > > > but the packages are hosted by Cisco in a separate repository. > > > > > > http://www.openh264.org/ > > > "Cisco has taken their H.264 implementation, and open sourced it under > > > BSD > > > license terms. Development and maintenance will be overseen by a board > > > from > > > industry and the open source community. Furthermore, we have provided a > > > binary > > > form suitable for inclusion in applications across a number of different > > > operating systems, and make this binary module available for download from > > > the > > > Internet. We will not pass on our MPEG-LA licensing costs for this module, > > > and > > > based on the current licensing environment, this will effectively make > > > H.264 > > > free for use on supported platforms." > > > > This is exactly the point. Cisco paid for a license, but that license is > > limited to binaries they distribute. Unfortunately, I doubt that Cisco will > > do the same for Cygwin. > > OK. How about distributing only headers as cygwin package > for building ffmpeg?
Ping? -- Takashi Yano <takashi.y...@nifty.ne.jp>
