[MPlayer-users] MPlayer GPL Violation
Arpi
arpi at thot.banki.hu
Sat Dec 28 12:26:02 CET 2002
Hi,
> There is a company called helius (http://www.helius.com/) that has taken
> the mplayer source code and modified it and is now selling it as
> proprietary software for multicast video on demand.
>
> Check it out: http://www.helius.com/products/hva.html
this page is about a hardware mpeg 1/2 decoder card/box. where is mplayer?
> It doesn't mention mplayer in the tech specs, but it uses a hacked-up
> version of mplayer for playback. There "chief scientist" has admitted as
> much but seems to think that a "substantial rewrite" of the mplayer code
> makes it proprietary, thus negating the GPL...
where? url? mail?
A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team
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