On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 03:17:03PM +0100, Gwenole Beauchesne wrote: > On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Thomas Rösch wrote: > > > you find " License": > > > > MPlayer is GPL now. In the past it contained non-GPL code from the > > OpenDivX project, which did not allow binary redistribution. This has > > been removed. > > > > So mplayer should be OK. > > As Giuseppe said, the problem may go beyond a license issue. That is, for > instance an MPEG4 implementation, if they do provide support for such > format, may be covered by some patents.
See http://www.m4if.org/patents/index.php for more infos. MPEG4 is patented (applicable only in US ? i do not know) and you have to pay for playing a file... Thus either Mandrake must remove all MPEG4 related software from main and contrib, either go head for main. www.m4if.org is the MPEG4 Industry Forum http://www.mpegla.com/news/n_02-07-15_m4v.html for an explanations of the roaylty scheme by the MPEG4 license holder. -- Yves Duret [EMAIL PROTECTED] piouk toujours et meme apres !
