[Ffmpeg-devel] Bizarre build problem of the day

[William Beebe]

Yes, I read that article from another link. I have no problem with it.
Software licensing either tells you up front that you can't copy and
redistribute it (Microsoft, Adobe, etc), or that you can (Linux,
FireFox, etc). Based on that simple binary rule, you can stay out of
trouble... at least in most parts of the world.

On 2/23/06, Ivan Kalvachev <ikalvachev at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2006/2/23, M?ns Rullg?rd <mru at inprovide.com>:
> > "Ivan Kalvachev" <ikalvachev at gmail.com> writes:
> >
> > > 2006/2/23, William Beebe <wbeebe at gmail.com>:
> > >> First, the background.
> > >> System:
> > >> Windows XP SP2, running MinGW and MSys.
> > >> ffmpeg from cvs, checked out Wednesday, 2/22/2006.
> > >>
> > >> Symptom:
> > >> Changing directory to ffmpeg and running configure under MSys caused
> > >> the system to totally lock up, requiring a hard shutdown (hold the
> > >> power button down for 5 seconds on the notebook).
> > >>
> > >> Solution:
> > >> For whatever reason, a process named LVPrcSrv took over 99% of the
> > >> processor after "Creating config.mak and config.h..." was displayed
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > Are you sure this is not some kind of rootkit?
> > > There wes already one from Sony...
> >
> > Hmm, a trojan that detects if you try to install a video encoder and
> > kills your computer...
>
> I guess you haven't read that
> http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-2051196,00.html
>
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