[Mageia-dev] [RFC] Moving various packages/codecs to tainted

[Maarten Vanraes]

Op dinsdag 10 januari 2012 00:12:26 schreef Anssi Hannula:
> Hi all!
> 
> As I've noted in some previous emails, our core/tainted media codec
> split-up is currently arbitrary without any specific logic.
> 
> As far as I remember, the tainted policy is that codecs for formats that
> are claimed to be covered by patents should be there.
> 
> Per that policy, at least the AC-3/DTS/MP3/MPEG-2/MPEG-4/H.264/VC-1
> decoders and AC-3/MPEG-2/MPEG-4 encoders we have in core should be moved
> to tainted section. Note that this will make most current
> .mkv/.avi/.mp4/.mov/.wmv/.mp3 files unplayable without packages from
> tainted section.
> 
> I've covered the other-distributions status earlier [1] in more detail,
> but a quick rehash: Fedora doesn't have these codecs at all,
> Debian/Ubuntu ship them in Main section, Arch has them as well.
> 
> The (probably slightly incomplete) list of source packages that need
> some action (completely or partially moved to tainted) can be found below.
> 
> Shall I implement the move of the packages?
> (after the current ISOs process is done)
> 
> Needs to be moved completely to tainted:
> 
> a52dec - AC-3 decoding library
> mad - MP3 decoding library
> mpeg2dec - MPEG-2 video decoding library
> ocaml-mad - uses mad
> pymad - uses mad
> vdr-plugin-dvd - uses a52dec
> vdr-plugin-mp3 - uses mad
> 
> Needs to be moved to tainted or to implement two separate builds:
> 
> alsaplayer - uses mad
> audacity - uses mad
> k3b - uses mad
> kwave - uses mad
> lastfm-player - uses mad
> libextractor - uses mpeg2dec
> libtunepimp - uses mad
> mixxx - uses mad
> mjpegtools - uses mpeg2dec
> normalize - uses mad
> qtractor - uses mad
> scummvm - uses mad
> sox - uses mad
> stepmania - uses mad
> stratagus2.1 - uses mad
> streamripper - uses mad
> xbmc - uses mpeg2dec
> 
> Already has dual build, but needs more stuff to be tainted-only:
> 
> avidemux - AC-3 dec+enc, DTS dec, MPEG-2 dec/enc, MPEG-4 dec/enc,
> 	   H.264 dec, uses mpeg2dec, VC-1 dec
> cdrdao - uses mad
> ffmpeg - AC-3 dec+enc, DTS dec, MPEG-2 dec/enc, MPEG-4 dec/enc,
>          H.264 dec, VC-1 dec
> gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg - as above
> gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad - uses mpeg2dec
> gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly - uses mpeg2dec
> mpd - uses mad
> mplayer - AC-3 dec+enc, DTS dec, MPEG-2 dec/enc, MPEG-4 dec/enc,
>          H.264 dec, VC-1 dec
> vlc - uses mad, a52dec, mpeg2dec
> xine-lib1.2 - uses mad
> 
> 
> I didn't include in the above list several formats:
> - ASF (no active licesing program IIRC, Fedora ships it as well)
> - MPEG-2 TS (apparently even Fedora ships them, dunno if oversight,
>   though)
> - H.263 (no active licensing program IIRC, relatively obscure when
> compared to others)
> 
> 
> [1] https://www.zarb.org/pipermail/mageia-dev/20101012/001084.html


that's a big list... but then afaict, what you say does reflect the policy that 
was presented...