Loïc Minier lool+ubuntu at via.ecp.fr
Thu Nov 3 10:46:31 CST 2005


On Thu, Nov 03, 2005, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> Now, what would be helpful is a clear and concise list of which parts of 
> ffmpeg are free and which are awkwardly patent encumbered, and whether 
> it's practical to split the two of them out.

 You mean something like a per-source file checklist?

 some-patent                            [ ]
 some-us-patent                         [ ]
 some-european-patent                   [ ]
 some-patent-on-a-related-thing         [ ]
 some-patent-but-not-enforced           [ ]
 dmca-compliant                         [ ]
 eucd-compliant                         [ ]
 reverse-engineered                     [ ]
 reverse-engineered-in-the-us           [ ]
 reverse-engineered-by-dvdjon           [ ]
 written-with-nda'd-documentation       [ ]
 written-by-ibm-while-working-for-sco   [ ]
 ==========================================
 maybe-free                             [ ]

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