I don't now if it's true I think that it apply only for commercial. Write directly to them ... If it was totaly true so divx and divx stuff would not be here
----- Original Message ----- From: "Yves Duret" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 4:43 PM Subject: Re: [Cooker] mplayer in main ? > On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 03:17:03PM +0100, Gwenole Beauchesne wrote: > > On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Thomas R�sch 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 ! > >
