On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 12:27:22AM +0100, Samuele Giovanni Tonon wrote: > <#include hello.h> > it's > Intent To Understand ( :-) ). > i have read all the stuff about mplayer threads. > Now there's something not clear to me. > mplayer is not legal due to libavcodec, ffmpeg library inclusion ? As far as I'm concerned, patents are a red herring. The real issue is whether distributing mplayer binaries will infringe some author's copyright, or violate a license. From what I've heard, there seems to have been some corner-cutting on the upstream's part in the past where legality is concerned, which has led to a certain reticence to accept mplayer into the archive without some assurance that it's been independently audited for outstanding licensing troubles. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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