[MPlayer-dev-eng] Re: h elp on libmpdemux usag NO-SPAM e (Modifié par Jérô me Cornet)

Arpi arpi at thot.banki.hu
Thu Jan 15 10:54:24 CET 2004


Hi,

> Quoting D Richard Felker III (dalias at aerifal.cx):
> > No, this is only use, not distribution of a derived work. Other
> > factors come into play too.
> 
> Um, you can't have it both ways, Rich. Either a codec is part of a movie
> player, and thus subject to its license, or it isn't.
> 
> Of course, by creating the code to load Win32 DLLs, the MPlayer developers
> have given implied consent for their GPL'd code to be linked against non-GPL
> codecs.

No, mplayer isn't linked to DLL codecs. They are loaded as data files.

> Sadly, the libmpeg2 developers haven't, so you're still screwed.

:)


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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