[MPlayer-dev-eng] sigma designs chip @ sh-4

[Julián Nuñez]

Karl Wood wrote:

>Kenny (Constantine Shulyupin) writes:
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>>I work on porting mplayer to sh-4 (finished) and writing driver for Sigma Designs chip EM8605/6 for proprietary project.
>>I am going to take part in mplayer development and improvement.
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>I mainly lurk here, and post rarely, but I feel obliged to point out
>that there _may_ be issues with Sigma Designs and GPL, at least from
>what I google'd.
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>I don't intend this post to be critical of MPlayer or Sigma Designs in
>any way, but better to be safe than sorry.
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>Karl
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Yes, and you must also consider that if you signed and NDA with sigma, 
it may not be legal. How did you got the chip internals?
What is not clear is: Do you have a driver and want mplayer to use it?, 
or are you planing to write one?.