[MPlayer-users] Can mplayer support HD-DVD?

[RC]

On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 16:16:22 +0100
Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski <dominik at rangers.eu.org> wrote:

> And? Does that exempt it from the DMCA?

That _is_ the DMCA.  Sec. 1201

> I don't think so. Apparently, US-based distros' lawyers don't think so
> either.

A great many open source projects go out of their way to avoid putting
themselves into the cross-hairs of corporate lawyers, for fear of
lengthy and costly prosection.  Whether what they're doing is
actually legal or not has very little bearing on their decisions.