Re: new packages: divx4linux and transcode
On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 02:01:15PM +0200, Christian Marillat wrote:
> >>>> "EVB" == Eric Van Buggenhaut <eric@andago.com> writes:
>
> [...]
>
> >> http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2001/debian-devel-200101/msg02634.html, I
> >> guess.
>
> > IIUC, this message refers to using codecs from microsoft.com, while the
> > divx4linux library provides equivalent,free codecs.
>
> > Is this correct ?
>
> Yes. Read legal archive:
>
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2001/debian-legal-200101/threads.html#00027
Just read it. It looks like people at -legal don't agree with each other about
whether opendivx codecs are free or not. As usual the thread derived and never
gave a clear answer ...
Can we ask ppl at -legal to make a clear 'official' statement about this
license ?
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