Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Is VLC free?

[Sam Geeraerts]

crap0101 schreef:
> Il giorno lun, 17/08/2009 alle 23.16 +0930, Karl Goetz ha scritto:
> > On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:13:38 +0200
> > address@hidden wrote:
> >
> > > Hi everyone,
> > >
> > > I'm checking ubuntu hardy's vlc source at  
> > > http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/v/vlc/vlc_0.8.6.release.e+x264svn20071224+faad2.6.1[...],
> > > ubuntu 3.3 version, for freedom, and i wonder if the file
> > > modules/stream_out/transrate/putvlc.h in the tarball is free. It
> > > contains lots of binaries for which i cannot say what they're doing.
> > >
> > > Could someone help us understanding what is it for? Note: this file  
> > > comes from the MPEG Software Simulation Group.
> > >
> > > Christophe
> Like Ted said, i think is for mpeg encoding. It seems taken from ISO/IEC
> 13818-2 DIS.

From what I remember from image processing class this kind of arrays is 
normal for JPEG/MPEG stuff. I don't think we need to worry about blobs here.

> I can't find ``putvlc.c''; the only file where putvlc.h is included is
> ``block.c''.

And in frame.c. There is no putvlc.c because this is just a bunch of 
definitions that don't require an implementation.

> > Is there a licence for the file or just a disclaimer of warranty? :|
> > kk
> no, there's this copyright notice only:
> /* Copyright (C) 1996, MPEG Software Simulation Group. All Rights
> Reserved. */

I can't find anything useful about 13818-2 DIS Annex B except for code 
of free software projects. Any volunteers for asking the VLC guys about 
where they got it and why they think it can be used in free software?