Bug#637422: ITP: libaacs -- free-and-libre implementation of AACS

[Alessio Treglia]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Alessio Treglia <alessio at debian.org>

* Package name    : libaacs
  Version         : 0~20110623.git964342f
  Upstream Author : libaacs-devel mailing list <libaacs-devel at videolan.org>
* URL             : http://www.videolan.org/developers/libaacs.html
* License         : LGPL
  Programming Lang: C
  Description     : free-and-libre implementation of AACS

 libaacs is a research project to implement the Advanced Access Content
 System specification. This research project provides, through an
 open-source library, a way to understand how the AACS works.
 Features:
  * Portability: Currently supported platforms are GNU/Linux, Windows,
    MacOS X. The main dependency is libgcrypt for all cryptographic
    functions.
  * Freedom: libaacs is released under a Free Software license, ensuring
    it will stay free.
  * Legal: libaacs does not include any key or certificate and respects
    copyright.
 .
 This package doesn't provide any key or certificate that could be used
 to decode encrypted copyrighted material.
 .
 This package provides the shared library.