[MPlayer-dev-eng] 64-bit issue in ad_faad.c

[Diego Biurrun]

On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 08:10:00PM +0300, Ismail Dönmez wrote:
> On Monday 30 April 2007 20:08:53 Ismail Dönmez wrote:
> > On Monday 30 April 2007 19:58:00 Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 07:43:14PM +0300, Ismail D?nmez wrote:
> > > > On Monday 30 April 2007 19:40:05 Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski wrote:
> > > > [...]
> > > >
> > > > > > In this case, current faad2 version in freshrpms is 2.5.
> > > > >
> > > > > Which is the version with GPL incompatible license. I'm not sure it's
> > > > > even legal to distribute mplayer linked against that faad2 version.
> > > >
> > > > Nero claims its still GPL v2.
> > >
> > > And FSF still disagrees. An in absence of a lawyer I would go with
> > > whoever wrote the license...
> >
> > The one who wrote the license says its GPLv2 compatible so there is no way
> > they can use someone for linking mplayer with faad 2.5. But IANAL.
> 
> s/use/sue sigh ;)

This is not about suing, but about redistribution rights.  You lose them
when you combine GPL-incompatible code with GPL code.

Diego