[MPlayer-users] QT Cinepak Decoding

[Arpi]

Hi,

> On Tuesday, 23. October 2001 20:05, Mike Melanson wrote:
> > On Tue, 23 Oct 2001, Arpi wrote:
> > > Ok, but please don't use xanim source. we contacted xanim author several
> > > times but he doesn't allow using all his code in a GPL program. :(
> >
> > 	Oh, don't worry about that...:) Have you ever looked at the XAnim
> > source? Very unique style. It took me awhile of staring at it just to be
> > able to write an English language/pseudocode description of what the
> > algorithm does. I'll write the new routine based on that.
> hmm but xanim license imho forbids reverse engineering og the codecs and I 
> guess this is a form of it.

Hmm. which license allows reverse engineering? :)

And which program says "i'm built using reverse engineering" ?
Read the .asf thing at the avifile homepage. there is explained well why
is it no reverse engineering (really it is :).


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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