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Mon Mar 29 23:06:26 UTC 2010


 gst-plugins-bad0.10 (0.10.18.3-2) unstable; urgency=3Dlow
 .
   * debian/build-deps.in,
     debian/gstreamer-plugins-bad.install:
     + Enable and ship the VP8 encoder/decoder plugin.

Quoting from its copyright statement:

http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/g/gst-plugins-bad0.10/gst-p=
lugins-bad0.10_0.10.18.3-2/gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad.copyright

,----
| Copyright:
|=20
|     This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
|     modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
|     License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
|     version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
`----

However, libvpx copyright:

http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/libv/libvpx/libvpx_0.9.0-5/=
libvpx0.copyright

,----
| License:
|=20
|   For everything not listed below:
|     All rights reserved.
|=20
|     Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
|     modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
|     are met:
|=20
|     - Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
|       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
|=20
|     - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
|       copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
|       disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
|       with the distribution.
|=20
|     - Neither the name of Google nor the names of its contributors may
|       be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
|       without specific prior written permission.
|=20
|     THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
|     "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
|     LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
|     FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
|     COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
|     INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING,
|     BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
|     LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER
|     CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
|     LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN
|     ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
|     POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
|=20=20
|     Subject to the terms and conditions of the above License, Google
|     hereby grants to You a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive,
|     no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable (except as stated in this
|     section) patent license to make, have made, use, offer to sell,
|     sell, import, and otherwise transfer this implementation of VP8,
|     where such license applies only to those patent claims, both
|     currently owned by Google and acquired in the future, licensable by
|     Google that are necessarily infringed by this implementation of
|     VP8. If You or your agent or exclusive licensee institute or order
|     or agree to the institution of patent litigation against any entity
|     (including a cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that
|     this implementation of VP8 or any code incorporated within this
|     implementation of VP8 constitutes direct or contributory patent
|     infringement, or inducement of patent infringement, then any rights
|     granted to You under this License for this implementation of VP8
|     shall terminate as of the date such litigation is filed.
`----

These additional restrictions are additional restrictions imposed on the
gstreamer package, which is forbidden by LGPL =C2=A710.

This license incompatibility has been confirmed by:

 techrights: http://techrights.org/2010/05/29/chris-dibona-on-webm-osi/
 vlc: http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2010-May/075102.html
 ffmpeg: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.ffmpeg.cvs/30501

Please revert this upload at your earliest convenience.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.4
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32.11-gernoth-64bit (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=3DC, LC_CTYPE=3DC (charmap=3DANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash





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