[MPlayer-dev-eng] Released Aud-X codec DLL

[Rich Felker]

On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 09:32:29PM +0100, Marek Dziubinski Aud-X wrote:
> 
> > Making a new proprietary closed format is not friendly to us. It's
> > hostile to us.
> OK. I understand this.
> 
> > > Once again:
> > > - VDM is fully released (the whole source code - please check it out).
> > > - I am sorry, I meant AC3ACM, not AC3enc. It was also
> > > only modify to comply with VDM. The whole project (source code as well)
> > > will be released probably next week.
>  
> > But not this new audio codec you want us to support? Why should we
> > help you push a new closed proprietary format? If no one is using your
> > format already, it's in our best interest to keep it that way, unless
> > you plan on publishing source or specs. Otherwise we're just
> > contributing to the rise of new closed codecs.
> 
> OK. I hope that Aud-X owners will decide to make it open source some day...
> As I said, it is not my decision.

You have the source in your hands; it's your decision. Don't offload
the blame on someone else. It's fully within your power to publish.

Rich