The Gentoo mirrors redistribute sourcecode zips from 3gpp.org, as used in ffmpeg and mplayer for the AMR codecs. These zips contain code that is patented and documentation that needs written permission to redistribute. Please remove them from the mirrors to prevent legal problems. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Expected Results: These zips should be mirror-restricted.
About the code: http://www.3gpp.org/faq/faq_2005_2.htm#A3.8 (The source code can be used without explicit permission.) About the doc: This is the restriction in the copyright notice: "No part may be reproduced except as authorized by written permission. The copyright and the foregoing restriction extend to reproduction in all media." I think reproduction != redistribution but I'm not a lawyer. The docs could simply be removed if we *assume* we're allowed to re-package their archives. I suggest one dev from media-video contacts upstream (3gppContact@etsi.org; from http://www.3gpp.org/legal/legal.htm) and asks about this matter without referring to any 3rd party. Another suggestion on IRC was to bindist restrict the stuff.
(In reply to comment #1) > About the code: http://www.3gpp.org/faq/faq_2005_2.htm#A3.8 > (The source code can be used without explicit permission.) It says also: "This means that you must not provide verbatim copies of source code (or lightly modified copies) without seeking permission from 3GPP." (But honestly I suck at reading legal stuff.)
So has anyone contacted them? We should probably move this to -dev ML now..
Why does this need to go to -dev? If we cannot legally redistribute it, then we stop redistributing it. This isn't a -dev or a PR problem. It is a maintainer problem. The maintainers need to make modifications to the ebuilds. At *most* it would be an issue for the trustees, but *definitely* not PR.
I'd stop mirroring it...
Looks like it has been addressed. Closing as fixed.
We still mirror the following files: # 26104-510.zip # 26104-610.zip # 26204-510.zip # 26204-600.zip They are not removed from mirrors because they are on the "gentoo-2007.0" whitelist.
(In reply to comment #7) > # 26104-510.zip > # 26104-610.zip > # 26204-510.zip > # 26204-600.zip > > They are not removed from mirrors because they are on the "gentoo-2007.0" > whitelist. Who can remove them? Where are these release whitelists kept?
whitelist updated. It lives on the master distfiles source, so that we can prevent files from being expired if they were used by old release media.
*** Bug 252140 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
