Bug#396646: mplayer: no permission to modify or redistribute mmx.h

2010-05-25 Thread Francesco Poli
On Tue, 25 May 2010 00:11:23 +0200 Reinhard Tartler wrote: [...] On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 11:34:27 (CEST), Francesco Poli wrote: The debian/copyright file for mplayer still lists the old mmx.h license. this has been fixed first in ubuntu version 2:1.0~rc3+svn20090426-1ubuntu6, and that

Bug#396646: mplayer: no permission to modify or redistribute mmx.h

2009-08-21 Thread Francesco Poli
retitle 396646 clarify mmx.h license thanks On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 01:02:27 +0100 Francesco Poli wrote: the present bug (#396646) can be considered as fixed once the new mmx.h is included in the mplayer Debian package. The debian/copyright file for mplayer still lists the old mmx.h license.

Bug#396646: mplayer: no permission to modify or redistribute mmx.h

2006-11-19 Thread Diego Biurrun
On Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 02:36:51PM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 12:58:55 +0100 Diego Biurrun wrote: Exactly. The point I am trying to make is that, since I am not a qualified lawyer, I don't feel confident enough that this file is uncopyrighted. But *we do not need* to

Bug#396646: mplayer: no permission to modify or redistribute mmx.h

2006-11-18 Thread Diego Biurrun
On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 11:18:12PM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:04:40 +0100 Diego Biurrun wrote: On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 08:28:24PM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: [...] Hence, I think the Right Thing(TM) to do is properly documenting where the file `mmx.h' came

Bug#396646: mplayer: no permission to modify or redistribute mmx.h

2006-11-18 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 12:58:55 +0100 Diego Biurrun wrote: On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 11:18:12PM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: [...] I'm not saying that you should insert a copyright and permission notice *inside* the `mmx.h' file: I'm just suggesting that you document where it came from and that

Bug#396646: mplayer: no permission to modify or redistribute mmx.h

2006-11-15 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 20:01:23 +0100 Diego Biurrun wrote: On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 07:30:32PM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: [...] I've not yet seen the file taken from FFmpeg, so I cannot comment on its copyrightability. Take into account that determining whether something is or is not

Bug#396646: mplayer: no permission to modify or redistribute mmx.h

2006-11-15 Thread Diego Biurrun
On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 08:28:24PM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 20:01:23 +0100 Diego Biurrun wrote: On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 07:30:32PM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: [...] I've not yet seen the file taken from FFmpeg, so I cannot comment on its copyrightability.

Bug#396646: mplayer: no permission to modify or redistribute mmx.h

2006-11-15 Thread Francesco Poli
On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:04:40 +0100 Diego Biurrun wrote: On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 08:28:24PM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: [...] Hence, I think the Right Thing(TM) to do is properly documenting where the file `mmx.h' came from (that is to say: FFmpeg) and which is the license the project we

Bug#396646: mplayer: no permission to modify or redistribute mmx.h

2006-11-12 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 05:31:54 +0100 Diego Biurrun wrote: On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 12:22:54AM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:45:36 +0100 Diego Biurrun wrote: On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 11:23:43PM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: [...] There seems to be still a licensing

Bug#396646: mplayer: no permission to modify or redistribute mmx.h

2006-11-12 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 19:18:31 +0100 Diego Biurrun wrote: On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 05:56:09PM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 05:31:54 +0100 Diego Biurrun wrote: On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 12:22:54AM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: [...] Which license is available under?

Bug#396646: mplayer: no permission to modify or redistribute mmx.h

2006-11-12 Thread Diego Biurrun
On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 05:56:09PM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 05:31:54 +0100 Diego Biurrun wrote: On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 12:22:54AM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:45:36 +0100 Diego Biurrun wrote: On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 11:23:43PM +0100,

Bug#396646: mplayer: no permission to modify or redistribute mmx.h

2006-11-12 Thread Diego Biurrun
On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 07:30:32PM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 19:18:31 +0100 Diego Biurrun wrote: On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 05:56:09PM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 05:31:54 +0100 Diego Biurrun wrote: On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 12:22:54AM +0100,

Bug#396646: mplayer: no permission to modify or redistribute mmx.h

2006-11-11 Thread Diego Biurrun
On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 12:22:54AM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:45:36 +0100 Diego Biurrun wrote: On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 11:23:43PM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: [...] There seems to be still a licensing issue, though... :-( According to its debian/copyright[1],

Bug#396646: mplayer: no permission to modify or redistribute mmx.h

2006-11-10 Thread Diego Biurrun
On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 11:23:43PM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: First of all, many thanks for the hard work that was necessary to get MPlayer into Debian! :-) You are welcome :-) There seems to be still a licensing issue, though... :-( According to its debian/copyright[1], mplayer

Bug#396646: mplayer: no permission to modify or redistribute mmx.h

2006-11-10 Thread Francesco Poli
On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:45:36 +0100 Diego Biurrun wrote: On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 11:23:43PM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: [...] There seems to be still a licensing issue, though... :-( According to its debian/copyright[1], mplayer includes a file named mmx.h, whose licensing status [...]

Bug#396646: mplayer: no permission to modify or redistribute mmx.h

2006-11-04 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 2 Nov 2006 11:55:23 +0100 A Mennucc wrote: severity 396646 normal retitle 396646 clarify and tidy up copyrights thanks I disagree with this severity downgrade. A file lacking permission to modify and to redistribute is a serious bug, IMHO. ciao Ciao! On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at

Bug#396646: mplayer: no permission to modify or redistribute mmx.h

2006-11-04 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 2 Nov 2006 14:52:30 +0100 Diego Biurrun wrote: [...] Note that libgsm is also available in Debian. You may wish to file a bug against that package if this wording is a problem. Done: it's bug #397047: thanks for suggesting... -- But it is also tradition that times *must* and always

Bug#396646: mplayer: no permission to modify or redistribute mmx.h

2006-11-02 Thread A Mennucc
severity 396646 normal retitle 396646 clarify and tidy up copyrights thanks ciao On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 11:23:43PM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: There seems to be still a licensing issue, though... :-( According to its debian/copyright[1], mplayer includes a file named mmx.h . Where's

Bug#396646: mplayer: no permission to modify or redistribute mmx.h

2006-11-02 Thread Diego Biurrun
On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 11:55:23AM +0100, A Mennucc wrote: On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 11:23:43PM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: BTW, there's another issue: the debian/copyright[1] file states: | Name: GSM 06.10 library . The term use is vague and could be interpreted in a strict

Bug#396646: mplayer: no permission to modify or redistribute mmx.h

2006-11-01 Thread Francesco Poli
Package: mplayer Version: 1.0~rc1-1 Severity: serious Justification: Policy 2.2.1 Hi! First of all, many thanks for the hard work that was necessary to get MPlayer into Debian! :-) There seems to be still a licensing issue, though... :-( According to its debian/copyright[1], mplayer includes