[FFmpeg-devel] Is it ok to add G.722.1 decoder as external lib?

[Ronald S. Bultje]

Hi,

On Sat, Sep 21, 2019 at 11:05 AM Carl Eugen Hoyos <ceffmpeg at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Am Sa., 21. Sept. 2019 um 16:51 Uhr schrieb Ronald S. Bultje
> <rsbultje at gmail.com>:
>
> > So it appears, from the discussion (..), that although there is source
> > code, it is not actually "open" in the sense that it's not
> redistributable
> > (at least not explicitly so) or modifiable? If I were hosting a copy on,
> > say, github (or Debian), I'd be in legal trouble with this Freeswitch
> > company?
>
> (Afaik) Freeswitch is a distributor of binaries based on FFmpeg's and
> Polycom's source code. Freeswitch also hosts Polycom's source code.
>
> It appears to me that Freeswitch claims that while libg7221 is not a
> Free library (and has a license incompatible with the GPL), it is
> "open source" and can be distributed.


Hm... Right, OK, so the question is indeed going to hinge on whether that
is true or not. I suggest we open a github issue/request with exactly that
question. :-).

Ronald