[MPlayer-dev-eng] Re: MplayerXP vs Mplayer. Hall of truth.

[Nick Kurshev]

Hello, Tobias!

On Tue, 19 Mar 2002 19:33:52 +0100 you wrote:

> Nick Kurshev wrote:
> > mplayer's package contains dominated number of sources which have no licence at all
> > (include core of player and its integral parts).
> 
> IANAL, but IMHO:
> 
> Just because the license is not stated in the source files does not mean
> "it has no license at all so I can do whatever I want".
> I'd rather take this to mean you have to negotiate with the writer of
> the code the terms on which it may be licensed. After all the writer
> still has the copyright unless he explicitly chooses to make it public
> domain.
>