[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] G722 decoder

Michael Niedermayer michaelni
Fri Mar 27 14:04:46 CET 2009


On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 01:50:02PM +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 12:58:33PM +0100, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 12:57:05PM +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 12:44:04PM +0100, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 10:58:22AM +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 06:53:20PM -0700, Baptiste Coudurier wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > ---------------------
> > > > > > Quoting you in 2006 in:
> > > > > > "[Ffmpeg-devel] overall license review - adding proper license headers
> > > > > > Diego Biurrun diego at biurrun.de
> > > > > > Sun Sep 3 16:18:30 CEST 2006
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > its only a tiny part of the reference code and its only used for 
> > > > > > > testing and comparing our (i)dcts against it furthermore it is as
> > > > > > > said not part of compiled ffmpeg libavcodec or libavformat IMO thats
> > > > > > > fair use, but iam not against it if someone wants to rewrite it, its
> > > > > > > very little work, just a schoolbook (i)dct
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I disagree, there is no way around the "all rights reserved".  We cannot
> > > > > > distribute it in tarballs.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Any volunteers to rewrite it?  Is dct-test still useful?"
> > > > > > --------------------
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > However, we distributed it within FFmpeg 0.5 tarball.
> > > > > > Did you change your mind ?
> > > > > 
> > > > > No, I wanted to remove it, but I was overruled.  What was I to do?  The
> > > > 
> > > > overruled by whom?
> > > 
> > > You, if memory serves me right.
> > 
> > he ?!
> > 
> > i dont think i did ... at least for 0.5 id suspect i would remember
> 
> This was in 2006, not before the 0.5 release:
> 
> http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2006-September/014810.html

i see, still i wouldnt call that overriding your decission, rather writing
my oppinion ..

Or to make it more clear, if you think that we cannot legally redistribute
this file then by all means remove it.

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