[MPlayer-dev-eng] NUT format

[Gábor Lénárt]

On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 12:36:07PM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > It's like you can copyright a browser which can display HTML, but the
> > description of the structure of HTML itself is not copyrighted by you
> > at all. Sure, the HTML example is interesting, since it has got problems
> > which many different 'dialects' and vendor specific 'extensions' so maybe
> > it's not too bad idea to use some PROTECTION  against modifications in
> > NUT specification without release the information (but not the code/source
> > itself) by the modifier firm/person.
> > 
> > So I don't see the problem here.
> > </IMHO>
> 
> If you want the widest possible support for a format, providing a reference
> implementation under an X11/MIT license is the best way to get it used.  Of
> course it is possible to implement a demuxer from a specification, but the
> chances of this happening for a fringe format such as NUT are slim to none.
> So if there is a demuxer that can be reused freely with little or no changes
> chances for adoption will increase.
> 
> Does that make things more clear?

Sure, the only problem that I don't know to much on X11/MIT license ;-)
So I only wanted to explain that at least the specification should be
open enough to be used commonly, but of course a sample implementation
can be even better solution ....

- Gábor (larta'H)