[Fmj-devel] [theora-dev] Pure Java theora implementation - LGPL

Maik Merten maikmerten at gmx.net
Mon Aug 27 11:46:22 PDT 2007


The obvious problem with jheora is that it doesn't implement the full
Theora spec and most likely will break with future Theora streams.

Maik


Ken Larson schrieb:
> Wim -
> 
> Fantastic.  That saves me a lot of trouble, I'll start using jheora
> right away.
> 
> Ken
> 
> Wim Taymans wrote:
>> On Mon, 2007-08-27 at 13:43 -0400, Ken Larson wrote:
>>   
>>> I've started working on a pure-java port of Theora under the LGPL, as a 
>>> subproject of FMJ, the open-source implementation of JMF.  It is similar 
>>> to and dependent on the jogg/jorbis libraries from jcraft.
>>>
>>> The Cortado implementation is nice, but since it is GPL, that is too 
>>> restrictive for FMJ, which is LGPL.
>>>
>>>     
>>
>> The theora decoder (in the com/fluendo/jheora module) is LGPL. It is
>> only the Cortado player applet that is under GPL. 
>>
>> Wim
>>
>>   
>>> This is, naturally, a large undertaking, and any help by anyone 
>>> interested would be appreciated.  Feel free to contact me.
>>>
>>> Ken Larson
>>> FMJ project, fmj.sourceforge.net
>>>
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