Re: Is there a GPL substitute for RealPlayer?
On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 02:15:07PM -0500, Carl Fink wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 03:28:01PM +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
>
> > Unpack the codecs into it. [I copied the all*codecs.tar.bz there,
> > unpacked it, creating an all*codecs directory, changed into that
> > directory and copied everything to the level above].
>
> ... and violate the terms of the original request, for a "GPL" substitute.
> --
> Carl Fink carl@fink.to
> If you attempt to fix something that isn't broken, it will be.
> -Bruce Tognazzini
>
Strictly, Kaffeine and Helixplayer are GPL. Only the codecs are not.
If you want a GPL'd player which doesn't report back to anyone - you
have it. Copying the codecs across merely means that it plays more
content. The players are DFSG free, the plugins aren't. Similarly,
it's an option to install libdvdread to decode DVD's. No one is
constrained to - many of us do.
Andy
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