Bug#439897: ffmpeg: Patent holders on mpeg2 encoder

severity 439897 serious thanks Loïc Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hi, > > On Tue, Aug 28, 2007, Christian Marillat wrote: >> Surprise that the mpeg2 encoder is still in ffmpeg. > [...] >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-2#Patent_holders > > Virtually any non-trivial program in

Bug#439897: ffmpeg: Patent holders on mpeg2 encoder

severity 439897 important stop Hi, On Tue, Aug 28, 2007, Christian Marillat wrote: > Surprise that the mpeg2 encoder is still in ffmpeg. [...] > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-2#Patent_holders Virtually any non-trivial program infringes some patents; my understanding is that the cur

Bug#439897: ffmpeg: Patent holders on mpeg2 encoder

Package: ffmpeg Version: 0.cvs20070307-6 Severity: serious Justification: Policy 2.1 Hi, Surprise that the mpeg2 encoder is still in ffmpeg. Here is the ffmpeg -formats output. $ ffmpeg -formats | grep mpeg2 FFmpeg version SVN-rUNKNOWN, Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Fabrice Bellard, e