Re: the awakening, license changes and so on...

Hi,

> Alexander Strasser writes:
> > On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 09:51:46AM +0900, Attila Kinali wrote:
> > > > - getting g2 api accepted as 'industial standard for linux/unix video/media'
> > > >   something like oms, and later gstreamer and openquicktime wanted to
> > > >   reach, with no much success.
> > > >   we have to make it available for commercial users, otherwise they wont
> > > >   spend their time developing/porting their codecs, demuxers etc for it.
> > > > - getting some money/hw/sponsorship to developers who need it to be able
> > > >   to work on the code fulltime or at least more time.
> > > 
> > > Why do you want to get commercial users onto MPlayer ?
> > > Just for the sponsoring ? 
> > Don't forget it be should the movie framework for ALL. Think about computer
> > games and lot's of other out of movie playback applications ( as the
> > main focus is on something else ), that can't publish their code, using
> > MPlayer G2 for movie playback and what not.
> 
> Games could use GPL MPlayer G2 for movie playback without having to
> publish their code.

since when its' allowed to link gpl library to non-gpl (closedsrc) app???

> > And to get back to the first
> > point it will never be widly accepted as an industrial standard if it excludes
> > half of the possible uses and users.
> 
> But what if half of the possible uses are bad (DRM, etc)?

it's question of viewpoint.
and the topic of drm is a very good example of this:
what happens to drm contents on non-m$ systems:
a, unplayable
b, some day being cracked and so playable illegally (css...)
c, playable legally using closedsrc plugin (here g2 comes in the picture)
d, playable using broken crap full-closedsrc app made by drm maker

(i vote for b, but until its done, c is still better than d or a)

ok i see your and rich's and rms' viewpoint of 'drm sux', i agree too,
but you simply cannot get drm 'erased' from the world, it will be used
and used even more in the future, that on-demand audio/video broadcasting
gets even more popular. you may fight against it, but it will reach
nothing, except that you wont be able to play these contents.


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