Cinelerra and Fedora
Gilboa Davara
gilboad at gmail.com
Wed Dec 6 13:39:27 UTC 2006
On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 08:30 -0500, Claude Jones wrote:
> Over on the Cinelerra list, an interesting exchange is occurring regarding
> Cinelerra, probably the most developed video editing tool for Linux. Because
> of the somewhat reclusive practices of it's chief developers, and because of
> some long-ago questions regarding its predecessor's use of questionable code
> (as in non-free), the status of the project and it's licensing status has
> been clouded in mystery. I have no way of analysing the truth or legality of
> the matter, but you can read here about how there seems to be some resolution
> being offerred to the question:
> http://tinyurl.com/ykl4km
>
> Folks at Ubuntustudio have taken an interest in possible inclusion of
> Cinelerra in the Ubuntu repos as a result of this.
>
> I know that Ubuntu and licensing questions are two subjects that are big red
> flags to some folks on this list. Please note what I'm saying - I do not know
> the truth of the matter, I am not a lawyer, and I'm not advocating that
> Fedora adopt Ubuntu's 'looser' standards on software licensing. I am
> providing this information in the hope that the claims have merit, and that
> someone more competent than I to assess such things will take an interest and
> find out. For those of us involved in media content creation and television
> production, this could be great news.
> --
> Claude Jones
> Brunswick, MD, USA
>
I'd suggest you post this message in -devel.
- Gilboa
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