[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] add Opengl ES vo

[compn]

On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:22:57 +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote:
>On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 11:26:49PM +0100, Reimar Döffinger wrote:
>> On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 10:13:39PM +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote:
>> > On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 08:16:11PM +0100, Reimar Döffinger wrote:
>> > > On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 01:22:56PM +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote:
>> > > > On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 01:02:43PM +0100, kirin_e at users.sourceforge.net wrote:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > I needed OpenGL ES X11 output for a device i have so i ended up
>> > > > > writing a gles vo, here it is in case it's useful to others. Patch
>> > > > > against snapshot 2011-10-31, uses OpenGL ES 1.1 and currently needs
>> > > > > support for npot textures. Any comments or improvements are welcome.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > --- org/mplayer-export-2011-10-31/libvo/vo_gles.c       1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
>> > > > > +++ mplayer-export-2011-10-31/libvo/vo_gles.c   2011-11-23 03:52:53.000000000 +0100
>> > > > > @@ -0,0 +1,480 @@
>> > > > > +/*
>> > > > > + * This file is part of MPlayer.
>> > > > > + *
>> > > > > + * MPlayer is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
>> > > > > + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
>> > > > > + * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
>> > > > > + * (at your option) any later version.
>> > > > > + *
>> > > > > + * MPlayer is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
>> > > > > + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>> > > > > + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
>> > > > > + * GNU General Public License for more details.
>> > > > > + *
>> > > > > + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
>> > > > > + * with MPlayer; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
>> > > > > + * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
>> > > > > + *
>> > > > > + * You can alternatively redistribute this file and/or
>> > > > > + * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
>> > > > > + * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
>> > > > > + * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
>> > > > > + */
>> > > > 
>> > > > This is pointless, read the LGPL §3 :)
>> > > > 
>> > > > You can always upgrade LGPL to any GPL version.  So just place this
>> > > > file under LGPL 2.1 to achieve what you want to.
>> > > 
>> > > Yes, but he can't place MPlayer under LGPL, which is what the text would
>> > > claim if you replaced the whole header the LGPL variant.
>> > > Which is why vo gl uses this convoluted text.
>> > 
>> > I disagree; LGPLing a file does not LGPL MPlayer nor claim it would.
>> 
>> If the text ends up saying
>>  MPlayer is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
>>  it under the terms of the LGPL
>> It sure as hell claims that MPlayer is LGPL, and not just that file.
>> it probably is quite irrelevant legally but I am not fine with having
>> nonsense in the license boilerplate, that kind of defeats the purpose
>> of having them in the first place (and IMHO is a lot worse than just
>> not having them at all).
>
>FWIW, we are already in that situation due to some v2-only code, while
>the boilerplates claim v2+.

could just change it to 'this file is licensed under lgpl v2 only' ...

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