On Sat, 25 Jan 2003, Gabucino wrote: > Well, until we were 100% GPL we only distributed the source - which > is in turn free speech. Thus I don't really see what are you pointing > at. The questionable inclusion in mplayer of libraries that were under the GPL, for one.[1] The defacto forbiding people to distribute binaries at all whilst using GPLed code.[2] The open ignorance of other people's licenses, basically daring them to sue.[3] In addition there aren't any indication in libmpeg2 and the other libraries included in mplayer as to what changes have been made to them, as required by the GPL's Terms and Conditions... section 2, subsection a: a) You must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices stating that you changed the files and the date of any change.[4] $ diff MPlayer-0.90rc1/libmpeg2 mpeg2dec-0.3.1/libmpeg2/|wc -l 5715 [This isn't exactly fair, but I kind of doubt that there haven't been any changes to the libmpeg2 source... and more importantly, there are files normally distributed with mpeg2dec that are not included with Mplayer-0.90rc1.] Now that all of that has been said, I personally would like to see mplayer be able to enter debian.[5] However, I'm not sure if there is anyone crazy enough to package it, wander through the morass of -legal that needs to be done, sponsor/upload it, and then deal with upstream as well. If the mplayer developers and/or debian developers wish to prove me wrong, by all means, do so. Don Armstrong 1: http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2001-October/005448.html 2: http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2001-October/005366.html 3: http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2001-October/005460.html 4: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html 5: If for no other reason than to stop answering "where can I get mplayer?" questions on #debian. -- She was alot like starbucks. IE, generic and expensive. -- hugh macleod http://www.gapingvoid.com/batch3.htm http://www.donarmstrong.com http://www.anylevel.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu
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