[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Enhanced Video Renderer (EVR)

[Georgi Petrov]

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Diego Biurrun <diego at biurrun.de> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 01:27:13PM +0200, Georgi Petrov wrote:
>> > Well, if you think this is a burden now, just imagine what it is like
>> > years after the fact.  Unless you fix license issues from the start
>> > they will come back to haunt you forever.
>>
>> I know it. That's why I'm trying to find a solution, which is best for
>> everybody. Unfortunately, having to negotiate the best solution
>> between 3 sides (MPlayer, mingw, mingw-w64) for a single header file
>> is getting too much.
>
> I have dealt with more legal issues than anybody else here, so trust
> me, I know what it's like :-)

I believe you. This must be really depressing :)

>
>> > MPlayer is a GPL project.  As such, only GPL-compatible code is allowed
>> > into MPlayer.  We cannot accept code where the license situation is not
>> > clear, since that will render all of MPlayer unusable or unredistributable.
>>
>> I understand that as well. Then, please don't accept evr.h, but review
>> the patch without it (the last one sent in this thread). It is clear
>> that evr.h won't be accepted in MPlayer anyways. I will deal with
>> mingw later. For now if someone wants to have the header, can obtain
>> it from mingw-w64 SVN.
>>
>> The alternative way would be to host it like the DirectX 7 headers,
>> but I will make many changes to this file in the following weeks, so
>> mingw-w64 SVN seems the best solution right now.
>
> OK, I think we should host it eternally then.  We can put up a copy on
> mphq or use the one in mingw-w64, that is your decision.

Ok, let's use the one from mingw-w64 while I'm developing this
feature, as this file will change often. When EVR support is stable
and evr.h is updated several times and is in a good shape, I will
write you and ask you to include it in mphq, which will make it more
accessible for any future users.

I hope this is acceptable.