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

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





--- Comment #13 from Bernard Johnson <bjohnson at symetrix.com>  2009-11-30 05:13:50 ---
(In reply to comment #12)
> ? What part of the code is Public Domain? Remember that, if a public domain
> code gets compiled with a more restrictive license (well, any license is more
> restrictive than public domain), the resulting binary will have the restrictive
> license.

sha1.c is public domain.  Because the package should reflect the license of the
resulting binary, I have changed the license to "BSD and QUALCOMM".

> * I believe that the COPYING file must go to the libs package because that is
> the base package (the other packages require it), so if someone installs any
> tivodecode-X package we make sure that he gets a COPYING file.

Agreed.

> * This looks like free software. But the license contains the phrases:
> 
>    All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this
>    software must display the following acknowledgement:  This product
>    includes software developed by QUALCOMM Incorporated.
> 
>    ... any commercial product utilising any of the Turing family of encryption
>    algorithms should show the words "Encryption by QUALCOMM" either on the
>    product or in the associated documentation.
> 
> These make me think that the software might be considered nonfree.
> So Fedora Legal denies this package due to patent issues but what did Fedora
> Legal say about the freedom of this software? Is it free or nonfree?

There was no comment regarding free vs non-free by Fedora Legal - simply that
they didn't want tivodecode in Fedora because of other concerns.  That comment
is here: http://www.mail-archive.com/fedora-legal-list@redhat.com/msg00225.html

Is it the "any commercial product..." phrase that you are concerned about?  An
additional restriction for commercial software?


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