[MPlayer-dev-eng] Fwd: RE: Re: divx5linux & 2-pass encoding

[Arpi]

Hi,

could please someone who know all this GPL legal mess help me preparing the
divx4_vbr.c file ?

currently it has some GPL stuff in the headers along with the divx4 stuff,
i'm really confused :(

A'rpi

in short: we're allowed to redistribute the file under GPL, see bellow:

--------- Forwarded message ---------
From: "Darrius \"Junto\" Thompson" <dnthompson at divxnetworks.com>
To: "Arpi" <arpi at thot.banki.hu>
Subject: RE: Re: divx5linux & 2-pass encoding


Arpi,

Hey long time no talk :)  Sure, can you do me a favor since I do not have
the time
and since you have the code already? If you can place in the standard GPL
headers
and leave in any DivX/DARC author names and copyright and then send me the
updated files
I'll just take a quick look at them and send you an email which would in itself
legally cover you.  

Darrius
Director DivX

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arpi [mailto:arpi at thot.banki.hu]
> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 4:40 PM
> To: Darrius "Junto" Thompson
> Subject: Fwd: Re: divx5linux & 2-pass encoding
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> According to Eugene's mail (see bellow), we (MPlayer 
> developers) want to ask
> your permission of putting the file divx4_vbr.c - which is the c++->c
> translation of Eugene's 2-pass code in last opendivx release 
> - under the GPL
> or LGPL license, to resolve the distribution legal issues it 
> causes now.
> 
> thank you,
> 
> Arpad Gereoffy
> (MPlayer project)
> 
> --------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Eugene Kuznetsov <ekuznetsov at divxnetworks.com>
> To: Arpi <arpi at thot.banki.hu>
> Subject: Re: divx5linux & 2-pass encoding
> 
> Hello Arpi,
> 
> Thursday, September 19, 2002, 4:01:21 PM, you wrote:
> 
> A> Hi,
> 
> A> As you probably know, there are legal issues with the 
> divx4_vbr.c file,
> which is a c++->>c conversion fo your old 2-pass code in opendivx.
> A> So, most projects using it (including mencoder and 
> transcode) are about
> A> replacing / dropping it.
> 
> This issue can be addressed directly by putting the code under GPL. If
> you send an email to dnthompson at divxnetworks.com, he will reply and
> legally say that he gives you permission to use the 
> divx4windows in the
> mplayer project.
> 
> A> I would prefer if the divx5linux lib (or as a separate 
> lib) include code
> A> for doing 2-pass encoding, so apps supporting this lib 
> could use the same
> A> code as your win32 version.
> 
> That's how it is going to be done in the next divx release ( API will
> seriously change ).
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
>  Eugene                            mailto:ekuznetsov at divxnetworks.com
> 
> 
>