[Fedora-packaging] can Blargg's NTSC libraries be included in fedora ?

Hans de Goede j.w.r.degoede at hhs.nl
Tue Aug 5 20:45:43 UTC 2008


Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 01:13 +1000, David Timms wrote:
>> I am wondering if the following video processing libs could be included
>> in Fedora itself ?
>> nes_ntsc
>> sms_ntsc
>> snes_ntsc
>> These "perform NTSC video signal processing on an image, giving a result
>> similar to that of the game console connected to a TV and unlike that of
>> a simple palette-based image". To do this it would appear to need to
>> understand the hardware chips used in such consoles, but I find no
>> mention of patented or so techniques.
>>
>> For eg: nes_ntsc, in it's current incarnation, require or BR only Fedora
>> packages. An out of Fedora game console emulator could use this library
>> to add 80's realizm to the Emu.
>>
>> The author has released under the LGPL v2.1 or later. Would it be
>> acceptable to be in Fedora ?
> 
> I see no reason why not.
> 
> ~spot
> 

Well in that case, I would like to say: good idea Dabid, go submit them for review!

Regards,

Hans




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