mjpegtools_2.0.0~rc1+debian-1_i386.changes REJECTED

[Andres Mejia]

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Mark Hymers <ftpmaster at debian.org> wrote:
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> I'm going to REJECT your package for the following reasons:
>
> First of all, the library needs libquicktime1 which is no longer in Debian.
> This is obviously not your fault but due to the long delay in NEW processing
> for this package.  Unfortunately, it still needs fixing before the package
> can be accepted.
>
> Some files contain the following statement:
>  NOT for public distribution until verified and approved by
>  the MPEG/audio committee.
> We assume that these files fall under the statement:
>  http://www.mpeg.org/MPEG/mpeg-pointers-and-resources/ implies that MSSG
>  software is considered "public-domain" nowadays.
> Could you please enhance the copyright file to include the verbatim section
> of the text from that page including the date it was retrieved which
> makes the public domain statement (for future reference in case that page
> disappears).  It would also help to be explicit about why you believe
> that this statement applies to the software and files in question.
>
> In the copyright file, you list a link to LGPL in common-licenses whereas
> the header is for the GPL.  Can you please fix this.
>
> If you fix up these issues, the rest of the package looks ok.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
>
> ===
>
> Please feel free to respond to this email if you don't understand why
> your files were rejected, or if you upload new files which address our
> concerns.
>
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About this package, I found no mention anywhere about mpeg2enc now
being in the public domain. I think that code needs to be replaced
(with libav maybe) if mjpegtools is to be accepted.

It looks like aenc can (and probably should) be replaced by lame.

I'm checking the copyright information for gpac right now to get it
uploaded, and then I want to continue work on a RAR implementation I'm
helping develop in libarchive. Any work I do for mjpegtools will
likely not be anytime soon.

-- 
Regards,
Andres Mejia