Re: [newbie] XBOX media player and the GPL

2002-10-09 Thread et
I know I hate MEtoo, but,, Well said Todd. I think you expounded my thoughts as fast as I could type them, and just because 30 other list members do not add their .02$, I think you can count on a number of; me too, Todd Flinders. On Tuesday 08 October 2002 08:33 pm, you wrote: On Tuesday 08

Re: [newbie] XBOX media player and the GPL

2002-10-08 Thread Todd Flinders
The problem is that if they started with GPL code, it is not entirely their work and they must honor the license of the code they chose to incorperate. I don't know much about this situation, but if they distributed code in binary form that included GPL'd code nested within their logic then

Re: [newbie] XBOX media player and the GPL

2002-10-08 Thread Charlie
On Monday 07 October 2002 09:19 pm, Todd Flinders wrote: The problem is that if they started with GPL code, it is not entirely their work and they must honor the license of the code they chose to incorperate. I don't know much about this situation, but if they distributed code in binary form

Re: [newbie] XBOX media player and the GPL

2002-10-08 Thread Damian
I'm sure your interpretation of it is the correct one Todd. I just don't think the correct answer was to force development to stop by being obnoxious. With no work there's no application. Whatever it was. That seems a sad state of affairs to me. It seems there's a little free choice

Re: [newbie] XBOX media player and the GPL

2002-10-08 Thread Todd Flinders
On Tuesday 08 October 2002 06:42 am, Damian wrote: I'm sure your interpretation of it is the correct one Todd. I just don't think the correct answer was to force development to stop by being obnoxious. I was not advocating anyone being obnoxious. I also had nothing to do with the

Re: [newbie] XBOX media player and the GPL

2002-10-07 Thread Damian
El Lun 07 Oct 2002 05:47, Bo Rosén escribió: mån 2002-10-07 klockan 00.41 skrev Damian: There's this new program called Xbox Media Player which appears to be in clear violation of the GPL. i'm not quite sure what this program does, but i think it's purpose is playing DivX movies on an Xbox

Re: [newbie] XBOX media player and the GPL

2002-10-07 Thread Bo Rosén
mån 2002-10-07 klockan 05.31 skrev Damian: Hi, to contact the author of this XboxMediaPlayer, (no e-mail address, no real name, no nothing. only a public forum on his home site.) so there's little to begin with.. Perhaps someone could trace them, nice little bit of detective work :-)

Re: [newbie] XBOX media player and the GPL

2002-10-07 Thread Charlie
On Sunday 06 October 2002 04:41 pm, Damian wrote: Hi people. I chose to bring this up because it pissed me off a bit, and i think we can do something about it. There's this new program called Xbox Media Player which appears to be in clear violation of the GPL. i'm not quite sure what this

[newbie] XBOX media player and the GPL

2002-10-06 Thread Damian
Hi people. I chose to bring this up because it pissed me off a bit, and i think we can do something about it. There's this new program called Xbox Media Player which appears to be in clear violation of the GPL. i'm not quite sure what this program does, but i think it's purpose is playing

Re: [newbie] XBOX media player and the GPL

2002-10-06 Thread Bo Rosén
mån 2002-10-07 klockan 00.41 skrev Damian: There's this new program called Xbox Media Player which appears to be in clear violation of the GPL. i'm not quite sure what this program does, but i think it's purpose is playing DivX movies on an Xbox or something... Isn't this a matter for the