[MPlayer-dev-eng] helix codecs

[Rich Felker]

On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 10:17:48PM +0200, Enrico Weigelt wrote:
> * Rich Felker <dalias at aerifal.cx> schrieb:
> > On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 12:39:57PM +0200, Enrico Weigelt wrote:
> > > * Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski <dominik at rangers.eu.org> schrieb:
> > > 
> > > <snip>
> > > > 
> > > > Wouldn't linking against non-GPL/LGPL .so's violate MPlayer's license (GPL)?
> > > 
> > > hmm, I don't think so. The (L)GPL defines limits where the code may 
> > > be used, ie. what license some code must have when it wants to use
> > > (-> import) certain code under (L)GPL, but I don't think it doesn't
> > > say anything about what kind of code an (L)GPL project may use.
> > 
> > The problem is that if you link in non-free code, the resulting
> > program is no longer distributable in its entirety under the GPL and
> > thus is no longer distributable at all.
> 
> Why should we *distribute* helix codecs w/ mplayer ?
> We just wanna use already installed one codecs, just like any
> other library ...

A binary with helix libs named in the elf headers is linked to helix
and cannot be distributed under the GPL.

Rich