No subject

/*
 * Disclaimer of Warranty
 *
 * These software programs are available to the user without any license fe=
e or
 * royalty on an "as is" basis.  The MPEG Software Simulation Group disclai=
ms
 * any and all warranties, whether express, implied, or statuary, including=
 any
 * implied warranties or merchantability or of fitness for a particular
 * purpose.  In no event shall the copyright-holder be liable for any
 * incidental, punitive, or consequential damages of any kind whatsoever
 * arising from the use of these programs.
 *
 * This disclaimer of warranty extends to the user of these programs and us=
er's
 * customers, employees, agents, transferees, successors, and assigns.
 *
 * The MPEG Software Simulation Group does not represent or warrant that the
 * programs furnished hereunder are free of infringement of any third-party
 * patents.
 *
 * Commercial implementations of MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video, including sharewa=
re,
 * are subject to royalty fees to patent holders.  Many of these patents are
 * general enough such that they are unavoidable regardless of implementati=
on
 * design.
 *
 */

One can now argue what "commercial implementation" actually means. I'm
still waiting for ftp-master to comment on this, but AFAIUI, I don't see
why debian wouldn't be able to ship the binaries of mjpegtools, lame and
similar free software in non-free.

non-free as a convenience for users[1], that build assemble and sell
pre-installed and pre-configured devices running debian.

[1] http://debian.org/distrib/pre-installed

ftp-master, can you please comment on adding this kind software to
non-free?



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Gruesse/greetings,
Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4