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Review: faac 2.2-1

Package Information

DescriptionFreeware Advanced Audio Coder

FAAC is an open-source, dependency-free AAC encoder aimed at embedded and pipeline use cases where footprint and throughput matter as much as quality.

Key features:

- MPEG-4 AAC-LC and HE-AAC v1 (SBR) profiles - Sample rates from 8 kHz to 96 kHz, supporting mono up to 5.1 multichannel - VBR and ABR rate control with a bit reservoir - Advanced encoding tools: Dynamic block-switching, PNS, and TNS - Flexible output options: Raw ADTS, ADIF bitstream

MaintainerDebian Multimedia Maintainers <debian-multimedia@lists.debian.org>
Changed ByFabian Greffrath <fabian@debian.org>
Sponsorfabian@debian.org
Distributionunstable
Architectureany
VCSgit: https://salsa.debian.org/multimedia-team/faac.git (browse)
Popcon Installs3091
Binary NEWYes (new binary packages of a source already in sid)
Trackerhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/faac
Uploaded23 days ago

New Package Report

.changes◂
Sourcefaac
Version2.2-1
Changed-ByFabian Greffrath <fabian@debian.org>
Architecturesource amd64
Distributionunstable
DateTue, 29 Sep 2026 11:10:33 +0200
Changelog◂
faac (2.2-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * New upstream version 2.2
   * Bump library SONAME libfaac1 -> libfaac2
.dsc◂
Priorityoptional
Componentmain
Package-Listfaac deb sound optional arch=any
libfaac-dev deb libdevel optional arch=any
libfaac2 deb libs optional arch=any
Sectionsound
debian/copyright◂
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Upstream-Name: Freeware Advanced Audio Coder
Source: https://github.com/knik0/faac

Files: *
Copyright:
 © 1999-2001, Menno Bakker
 © 2002-2017, Krzysztof Nikiel
 © 2004, Dan Villiom P. Christiansen
 © 2005-2026, Fabian Greffrath
 © 2026, Nils Schimmelmann
License: LGPL-2.1+
 This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 .
 This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 Lesser General Public License for more details.
 .
 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 along with this package. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
Comment:
 On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU Lesser General
 Public License can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/LGPL-2.1".

Files: frontend/getopt.c
Copyright:
 © 2000 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 © 2002 Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
License: ISC and BSD-2-Clause
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2002 Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
  *
  * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
  * purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
  * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
  *
  * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
  * WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
  * MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
  * ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
  * WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
  * ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
  * OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  *
  * Sponsored in part by the Defense Advanced Research Projects
  * Agency (DARPA) and Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force
  * Materiel Command, USAF, under agreement number F39502-99-1-0512.
  */
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 2000 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
  * by Dieter Baron and Thomas Klausner.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
  * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
  * are met:
  * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
  *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
  * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
  *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
  *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
  *
  * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS
  * ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
  * TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
  * PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS
  * BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
  * CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
  * SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
  * INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
  * CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
  * ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
  * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
  */

Files: frontend/getopt.h
Copyright: NONE
License: public-domain
 /**
  * DISCLAIMER
  * This file has no copyright assigned and is placed in the Public Domain.
  * This file is a part of the w64 mingw-runtime package.
  *
  * The w64 mingw-runtime package and its code is distributed in the hope that it 
  * will be useful but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.  ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR 
  * IMPLIED ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED.  This includes but is not limited to 
  * warranties of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
  */

Files: debian/*
Copyright: © 2005-2026, Fabian Greffrath <fabian@debian.org>
License: GPL-2+
 This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 (at your option) any later version.
 .
 This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 GNU General Public License for more details.
 .
 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this package. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
Comment:
 On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General
 Public License version 2 can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2".

Review Information

accepted — allocated to awm 19 days ago, started 19 days ago, completed 19 days ago.

Final Comment

Hi,

docs/libfaac.pdf is "FAAC-ISO/MPEG 2/4 AAC Encoder Library V1.0", and page 1 reads: "© 2001 AudioCoding.com. All rights reserved." It documents the legacy faacEnc* API (e.g. faacEncOpen, faacEncGetCurrentConfiguration) and its data-structure reference.

Fix: add Files-Excluded: docs/libfaac.pdf to debian/copyright, add the corresponding +dfsg repack suffix (watch + dversionmangle), bump to 2.2+dfsg-1, or have upstream drop/relicense the file. Exclusion is the safest given the unverifiable "All rights reserved" notice and the removed API it describes.

Everything else looks fine.

Thanks!

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