Author: diego Date: Wed Apr 30 11:18:06 2008 New Revision: 3186 Log: GPLv2 bits help request
Modified: trunk/src/news.src.en Modified: trunk/src/news.src.en ============================================================================== --- trunk/src/news.src.en (original) +++ trunk/src/news.src.en Wed Apr 30 11:18:06 2008 @@ -9,6 +9,54 @@ <div class="newsentry"> <h2> + <a name="gplv2">2008-04-30, Wednesday :: GPLv2</a> + <br><span class="poster">posted by Diego</span> +</h2> + +<p> +While we do not have plans to switch to GPL version 3 at this particular +point in time, we do, for a number of reasons, wish to have the option +available in the future. Unfortunately there are some bits of code in +MPlayer, which are licensed as GPL version 2 only. Trying to get in +contact with the authors of these parts has been fruitless, we have +had no reaction from them. +</p> + +<p> +Thus we are looking for help contacting them. Specifically, we are +searching for the authors of +</p> + +<dl> +<dt><code>libmpcodecs/ve_x264.c</code></dt> +<dd>written by Bernhard Rosenkraenzer, last known email +addresses < bero at arklinux dot org > and +< bero at redhat dot com ></dd> +<dt><code>libmpdemux/demux_ty_osd.c</code></dt> +<dd>written by Mike Baker, last known email address +< mbm at linux dot com > and Christopher Wingert, last known +email addresses < mailbox at wingert dot org > +and < usenet at wingert dot org > +and < tivo at wingert dot org ></dd> +<dt><code>TOOLS/realcodecs/*</code></dt> +<dd>written by Florian Schneider, last known email address +< flo-mplayer-dev at gmx dot net ></dd> +</dl> + +<p> +If you know how to get in +touch with them or if you are one of the people we are seeking, please +<a href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">contact us</a> +so that we can get these issues resolved. Thanks a bunch. +</p> + +</div> + + + +<div class="newsentry"> + +<h2> <a name="dvdnav412">2008-04-15, Tuesday :: libdvdnav-4.1.2 released</a> <br><span class="poster">posted by Dominik</span> </h2> _______________________________________________ MPlayer-DOCS mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-docs
