Re: [MPlayer-dev-eng] Re: help on libmpdemux usage (Modifié par Jérôme Cornet)

[Jérôme Cornet]

Le 13 janv. 2004, à 17:48, Adam Rice a écrit :
>
> As far as I know, QuickTime loads codecs at runtime. Thus the codec is 
> not linked into QuickTime. So the only two relevant questions are:
>
> a) Does Apple place restrictions on the licenses under which 
> third-party QuickTime codecs may be distributed?

no

> b) Is binary code under a GPL-incompatible license linked into the 
> codec?

no.

>
> I would expect the answer to both of these questions to be "no".

yes ;-)

So i don't think there something irrelevant out there..

>  In some circumstances it could be legal even if the answer to the 
> second question was "yes", as QuickTime is an OS component under 
> MacOS, and the GPL has a specific exception for that.
>
> As an aside, the GPL places no restrictions on "Making" anything. It 
> only places restrictions on distribution, and only on binaries at 
> that.
>
> I should point out that these comments apply to GPL v2. Some people 
> consider the ability to make GPL'd plugins for proprietary software to 
> be a loophole that needs to be fixed in a future version. It seems to 
> me this can't be done without placing restrictions on use, which would 
> make the GPL no better than the proprietary software licenses it seeks 
> to replace.
>
> Adam

I agree. Thank you.

Jérôme