[MPlayer-users] re: Mplayer as a shared library

[D Richard Felker III]

On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 03:41:17PM +0100, pnis at coder.hu wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Hi!
> 
> Just a follow up this incase somebody is still wondering.
> If you have a look at the gpl faq on www.gnu.org, you can
> find this:
> 
> 
> You have a GPL'ed program that I'd like to link with my code to build a proprietary program. Does the fact that I link with your 
> program mean I have to GPL my program?
>  Yes. 
> 
> So in deed, you can not link mplayer with anything else than gpl'd programs.

You are stupid. If you actually tried to understand it would all make
sense. I'm sick of posts from clueless people claiming to be
authoritative on matters like this. Go RTFGPL!! Also go read the text
of the law.

Rich