[Bug 342] Review request: tivodecode - Convert a .TiVo file from TiVoToGo to a normal MPEG

[RPM Fusion Bugzilla]

http://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=342





--- Comment #5 from Bernard Johnson <bjohnson at symetrix.com>  2009-01-26 22:13:41 ---
And it was denied:

> I need a ruling on whether tivodecode can be accepted into Fedora.  It's
> > currently submitted to rpmfusion, but Kevin Koffler thought it might be
> > able to be accepted into Fedora proper.
> > 
> > There were three things under consideration:
> > * Freeness of QUALCOMM software license - appears to be free software
> > * QUALCOMM encryption patents (free?)
> > * MPEG program stream decoding (not decompression)

Well, there really is a fourth: this is possibly a DMCA violation. Upon
consultation with counsel, we decided that we're much happier with this
living in RPMFusion as a result.


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