[MPlayer-dev-eng] kiss-technology

[Diego Biurrun]

James Courtier-Dutton writes:
> D Richard Felker III wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 11:55:38PM +0200, toffe wrote:
> > 
> >>I saw this on the KISS (my ass) site but maybe they not comply with gpl 
> >>anyhow? http://kiss-technology.com/?p=gnu&v=users
> > 
> > this is irrelevant, it's just the linux source and whatnot. the stolen
> > code is part of mplayer, which they don't even acknowledge taking,
> > much less provide their modified sources.
> 
> Could someone from the mplayer team maybe do a write up of what 
> happened, detailing where they think they went wrong etc.
> This might help make for more successful cases in future by learning 
> from mistakes etc., not only for mplayer, but also other open GPL 
> projects. Particularly helpful would be noting legal technicalities that 
> one has to be careful to avoid etc.

Dunno what exactly you mean but most of it is on our news page.
Anyway, the case is still ongoing.

> I tried to subscribe to the mplayer-legal list, but did not have any 
> luck there.

Yes, it's developer only nonpublic mailing list, although I'm not
opposed to you joining it.

Diego