Ted Smith wrote: > On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 21:15 +0200, Sam Geeraerts wrote: >> Any volunteers for asking the VLC guys about >> where they got it and why they think it can be used in free software? > > I hung out in #videolan for a bit, and someone eventually linked me to > this ffmpeg list posting: > > https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-cvslog/2007-July/008334.html > > Long story short, the file seems to be non-free, and several projects > ship it anyways. Additionally, the file is included in mostly the same > form even in VLC's HEAD, making the entire program apparently > unredistributable. Troublingly, the FSF recommends VLC in several > PlayOGG pieces, IIRC. > > If that list posting is correct, and VLC is tainted, this is truly a sad > day for free software. I'm going to continue to look into it and would > appreciate if others did the same. In particular, we should try to speak > with these developers that have touched the file: Antoine Cellerier and > Christophe Massiot. >
I reported a bug against the Debian package in Lenny: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=542108 . Perhaps there will be an interesting discussion as well. ben _______________________________________________ gNewSense-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-dev
