[MPlayer-users] How to mplay APE file directly useing mplayer?

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On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 20:25:17 +0100
Reimar Döffinger <Reimar.Doeffinger at stud.uni-karlsruhe.de> wrote:

> Hello,
> On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 07:45:09PM +0100, Piotr Stachura wrote:
> > Dnia wtorek, 23 stycznia 2007 19:33, Reimar Döffinger napisa?:
> > > On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 12:54:23AM +0800, kofboy wrote:
> > > > How to mplay APE file directely useing mplayer?
> > >
> > > You can't, the format has no specification and the license is
> > > GPL-incompatible, so it would have to be reverse-engineered.
> > > Demand is not high enough to justify that effort I guess.
> > 
> > I'm not a genius but according to APE license:
> > http://www.monkeysaudio.com/license.html
> > there shouldn't be any license problems... or mayby I'm not good in 
> > understanding those words :]
> 
> > 2. Monkey's Audio source can be included in GPL and open-source
> > software, although Monkey's Audio itself will not be subjected to
> > external licensing requirements or other viral source restrictions.
> 
> The second part of which IMO clearly says "may not be combined with
> GPL code without breaking the GPL licence".
> Actually, even LGPL IIRC has the restriction that you may not forbid
> disassembly of the combined product, so even combining with LGPL might
> be impossible with this clause. At least I can't exclude that
> interpretation => not compatible with GPL or LGPL as far as I am
> concerned.

how about linking to libmac:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mac-port
would that break the GPL?

i.