[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Enhanced Video Renderer (EVR)

[Georgi Petrov]

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Diego Biurrun <diego at biurrun.de> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 08:50:21AM +0200, Georgi Petrov wrote:
>> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Georgi Petrov <gogothebee at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 9:25 PM, Reimar Döffinger
>> > <Reimar.Doeffinger at gmx.de> wrote:
>> >> On Tue, Feb 01, 2011 at 08:54:08PM +0200, Georgi Petrov wrote:
>> >>> /**
>> >>>  * This file has no copyright assigned and is placed in the Public Domain.
>> >>>  * This file is part of the w64 mingw-runtime package.
>> >>>  * No warranty is given; refer to the file DISCLAIMER.PD within this package.
>> >>>  */
>> >>
>> >> Uh, this definitely is not a ZPL license, it says public domain.
>> >> I can't say I like it because public domain basically only has a legal meaning
>> >> in the US, but I can't see any reason why this couldn't be included into
>> >> MinGW (32 bit) if this is correct.
>> >> And please be careful when say "ZPL", version 1.0 is no GPL-compatible,
>> >> 2.x are (according to http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html).
>> >
>> > Okay, I see. I will work this out with mingw/mingw-w64 guys and write back.
>>
>> Mingw-w64's core is ZPL, but its header files are public domain. This
>> means that evr.h or any other files I work on will remain public
>> domain. The core of mingw-w64 (as I understand it) is ZPL exactly
>> because public domain has no meaning outside US.
>>
>> This also means that mingw shouldn't have anything against it, but
>> they haven't answered yet. Anyway - evr.h and vo_evr.c are going to
>> change on a daily/weekly basis in the next months, so what do you
>> suggest? Even if mingw decide to include it (I think they would), are
>> you against temporary inclusion of evr.h in MPlayer until it get's
>> better enough? I need to know it order to prepare the first patch.
>
> As Reimar said, public domain is not ideal because it is US-specific.
> What about using the ISC license?
>
> Diego

I think this is getting too complicated for me. One week I'm trying to
solve stupid license problems I don't even care about. Sorry for this
bold language, but I just want to write code and get a paid job done,
especially considering that I'm 2 months behind schedule because of
such unexpected headers/licenses/Windows filesystem bugs/political
issues.

What is the most easy way to accomplish this work? It seems that
nobody except JonY from mingw-w64 wants to help :( Is it so hard to
write a simple feature for MPlayer?

Can I submit the patch without evr.h and just require whoever wants to
build EVR support, to download in from the mingw-w64 project? Once
DxVA is also implemented, I hope that a critical mass of users will
arise, who will fight for a more elegant solution. I don't have the
strength anymore.