If you do not mind me asking, I only have one question. Will this allow compatability with an unrestricted versions of Mplayer or Xine to be maintained, or will this no longer be a priority of the Freevo team? What I mean is is it possible that this change in direction might break some compatability at some point in the future? If the answer is no, then that is good enough for me. I guess then all this does is allow the user to choose his or her own moral position - and their media player preferences. There is also a legal version of Xine avaiable from Lindows.com, (fully licenced codec) so maybe you could point concerned users to this too. It isn't cheap, but if these kinds of things genuinely concern you, maybe it would be a worthwhile alternative.
Q ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Shortt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 6:41 PM Subject: Re: [Freevo-users] Re: Legal issues > Dirk Meyer wrote: > > I don't think it's too much to ask for the user to get the mplayer > > somewhere else. There are many sites where you can get a fully working > > mplayer or xine -- but not at USA, German, France, ... server. I don't > > like the law, but I think we should respect it (the same we we want > > others to resepect the GPL). > > > > I would suggest the following: distribute Freevo with everything > > needed except Mplayer and Xine. Give the users a pointer where to > > download these two programs (like Xine does where to get binaries). > > This would also save me lots of work building the runtime (get new CVS > versions of things, apply patches, etc, etc, release, test, repeat...), > which occasionally takes up 1-2 weeks of my time when it could be better > used actually developing Freevo. > > So what I am saying here is that I would be in favour of this. :) > > -Rob > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including > Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. > Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. > http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 > _______________________________________________ > Freevo-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
