[SCM] mjpegtools/master: Correct copyright information about code from the MPEG Software Simulation Group.

[Andres Mejia]

On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 1:57 PM,  <ceros-guest at users.alioth.debian.org> wrote:
> The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
> commit 39dd042a15a286f7c70b3f59048dd6fb1146e938
> Author: Andres Mejia <mcitadel at gmail.com>
> Date:   Sat Jul 30 13:57:08 2011 -0400
>
>    Correct copyright information about code from the MPEG Software Simulation Group.
>
> diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
> index 3416ea2..32b50bf 100644
> --- a/debian/copyright
> +++ b/debian/copyright
> @@ -51,25 +51,26 @@ information on that group can be found here:
>
>  http://www.mpeg.org/MPEG/video/mssg-free-mpeg-software.html
>
> -It is basically a orphaned and incomplete reference implementation that
> -is taken as basis for improvements. Quote from that website:
> -
> -    Contact:
> -
> -    Sorry, there is no contact for MSSG: The authors of the MSSG
> -    software have disapeared and left no forwarding address.
> -
> -    The MSSG software is not maintained and provided "as-is".
> -
> -    No support of any sort is available. The MSSG software is known to
> -    contain a number of bugs and mistakes. You must find and fix the bugs
> -    yourself.
> -
> -    All the information we have is available is on this page.
> -
> -    The MSSG source code is a reference for a long-frozen standard
> -    document. Please post serious questions on the comp.compression
> -    newsgroup.
> -
> -http://www.mpeg.org/MPEG/mpeg-pointers-and-resources/ implies that MSSG
> -software is considered "public-domain" nowadays.
> +They have released their code under the following terms.
> +
> + * Disclaimer of Warranty
> + *
> + * These software programs are available to the user without any license fee or
> + * royalty on an "as is" basis.  The MPEG Software Simulation Group disclaims
> + * 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 user'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 shareware,
> + * are subject to royalty fees to patent holders.  Many of these patents are
> + * general enough such that they are unavoidable regardless of implementation
> + * design.
>
> --
> mjpegtools packaging
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Note that this disclaimer has been considered non-free. Look for an
old bug report in tvtime package. I found this disclaimer in a source
file in gpac.

-- 
Regards,
Andres Mejia