[FFmpeg-devel] Is it ok to add G.722.1 decoder as external lib?

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Am Sa., 21. Sept. 2019 um 16:07 Uhr schrieb Nicolas George <george at nsup.org>:
>
> Carl Eugen Hoyos (12019-09-21):
> > I now wonder if this isn't much nicer than "You may use this FDK AAC
> > Codec software or modifications thereto only for purposes that are
> > authorized by appropriate patent licenses."
> > (In the sense that it doesn't try to conceal the true terms)
>
> It is not "nicer", it is incompetent. If you read the whole COPYING file
> from libg722_1:
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> https://github.com/traviscross/freeswitch/blob/master/libs/libg722_1/COPYING
>
> you realize is is not actually a license: is does not contain anything
> that gives the authorization to use their code.
>
> Compare to the license of fdk-aac, which is proper legalese, gives
> explicitly the right to use the code, and has been vetted by Debian.

Interesting how different we interpret the licenses.

> > Anyway, the more important question is how to deal with Freeswitch.
>
> Not accept their code unless they fix the license. Easy.

I believe you misunderstand.

Carl Eugen