Re: dual licensing try 2

Joey Parrish <[email protected]> Sun, 22 Feb 2004 11:59:03 -0600
Newsgroups gmane.comp.video.mplayer.g2.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 12:52:35PM -0500, D Richard Felker III wrote:
> It's very simple. I am opposed to involvement in any project which
> will result in the increase of non-free software, and I have no
> interest in being involved in a dual-licensed MPlayer.
> 
> Besides, it was already brought up that if non-free licenses are sold
> for only part of MPlayer, then lame proprietary software companies
> will just steal the rest of MPlayer too, and then the core developers
> won't pursue legal action against these companies because they're
> being paid by them. It's a clear conflict of interest.

I agree with this principle fully.

--Joey

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