On Friday 28 March 2003 16:07, William Hooper wrote: > Well, as long as we aren't being GPL purists and paying for the license, > who says it needs to be GPL? AOL (via the Nullsoft purchase) says they > are making a Linux version of Winamp. As a matter of fact, it may have > the distinction of being a *legal* way to play MP3s on Linux, because > Nullsoft does have a license from Thomson.
You can legally make an opensource app, charge nothing for it, give it away, have it play mp3 format. Thomson allows for this. You cannot however sell this product, or include this product in a boxed set of other software for sale. It's the GPL that prevents it from being GPL licensed, not Thomson. Really, xmms should change their license to BSD or something more "free" with the terms set upon it by copyrights. You can also bet your bupkis that AOL's Linux Winamp will never make it into Red Hat if there are licensing issues, such as redistribution w/out restriction. -- Jesse Keating RHCE MCSE http://geek.j2solutions.net Mondo DevTeam (http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/) Was I helpful? Let others know: http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=jkeating -- Phoebe-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/phoebe-list
