[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] G722 decoder

[Diego Biurrun]

On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 12:55:07AM +0000, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
> Diego Biurrun <diego <at> biurrun.de> writes:
> 
> > On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 12:06:46AM +0000, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
> > > Kenan Gillet <kenan.gillet <at> gmail.com> writes:
> > >
> > >> Apparently, this header can also be found here:
> > >> http://www.soft-switch.org/spandsp-doc/non-gpl-bits_2g722_8h-source.html
> > > 
> > > And is this version good enough for us?
> 
> I'd like to repeat the question: Is the version for which Steve Underwood's
> changes are under public domain usable or not?

It's not the version Kenan's patch was based on.

> > > Or does it contain so many problems that it would be easier to start
> > > from scratch with the decoder?
> >
> > I would suggest making it a SoC project.  This piece of code is a huge
> > can of worms.
> 
> I don't think so.

Then go ahead and clear up the situation.  At this point I think
everybody is completely lost.  There are at least four versions of this
code, each under a different license, only one of which is acceptable.

Find out which is derived from which and create an overview of the
licensing situation.

Diego