On Tue, 2004-02-10 at 11:04, Mike Beattie wrote: *snip* > A lot of folks miss one of the most discouraging facts about mplayer.. the > authors are quite happy to completely disregard copyright law, and steal > codec information, *snip*
IMO the word "steal" does not apply here. Possibly "plagiarise" or "illegally use" but not steal. The concept of theft is not applicable. Especially the moral implications. I find it difficult to see how writing software to read a movie codec can "steal" something off someone. Despite what some would have you believe law != morality -- ---------------------------------------------------- Regards, Zane Gilmore (Linux nerd since 1998) ____________________________________________________ Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.:- A.C.Clark ____________________________________________________
