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

[compn]

On Wed, 2 Feb 2011 13:54:22 +0200, Georgi Petrov wrote:
>On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Diego Biurrun <diego at biurrun.de> wrote:
>> On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 01:27:13PM +0200, Georgi Petrov wrote:
>>> > Well, if you think this is a burden now, just imagine what it is like
>>> > years after the fact.  Unless you fix license issues from the start
>>> > they will come back to haunt you forever.
>>>
>>> I know it. That's why I'm trying to find a solution, which is best for
>>> everybody. Unfortunately, having to negotiate the best solution
>>> between 3 sides (MPlayer, mingw, mingw-w64) for a single header file
>>> is getting too much.
>>
>> I have dealt with more legal issues than anybody else here, so trust
>> me, I know what it's like :-)
>
>I believe you. This must be really depressing :)
>
>>
>>> > MPlayer is a GPL project.  As such, only GPL-compatible code is allowed
>>> > into MPlayer.  We cannot accept code where the license situation is not
>>> > clear, since that will render all of MPlayer unusable or unredistributable.
>>>
>>> I understand that as well. Then, please don't accept evr.h, but review
>>> the patch without it (the last one sent in this thread). It is clear
>>> that evr.h won't be accepted in MPlayer anyways. I will deal with
>>> mingw later. For now if someone wants to have the header, can obtain
>>> it from mingw-w64 SVN.
>>>
>>> The alternative way would be to host it like the DirectX 7 headers,
>>> but I will make many changes to this file in the following weeks, so
>>> mingw-w64 SVN seems the best solution right now.
>>
>> OK, I think we should host it eternally then.  We can put up a copy on
>> mphq or use the one in mingw-w64, that is your decision.
>
>Ok, let's use the one from mingw-w64 while I'm developing this
>feature, as this file will change often. When EVR support is stable
>and evr.h is updated several times and is in a good shape, I will
>write you and ask you to include it in mphq, which will make it more
>accessible for any future users.
>
>I hope this is acceptable.

georgi, i'm sorry your time was wasted (either by us or by mingw).
please work on the evr/dxva. i should have checked the licenses
myself instead of letting this long thread go on.

i hope in the future this project can help patch authors instead of
making them do all the work.

-compn