[MPlayer-users] MPlayer GPL Violation

[Steffen Barszus]

On Saturday 28 December 2002 12:25, Arpi wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> 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?

based on linux as stated on the page. 

>
> > 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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