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Re: mplayer debs, was: Re: AVI player recommendations
So sprach �Sarah Hay� am 2002-01-10 um 17:31:06 -0600 :
> about? If they don't want someone copying and distributing their brainchild
> then they should not be open source and as far as I can decern distributing
> in the legal sense includes the accepting of cash and having a deb, RPM, or
> other such binary for free consumption is not breaking the licenses of open
> source. As well why forbid binaries to be distributed and yet tell everyone
> how to do it as the do in TFM?
Don't get me wrong, but it seems you haven't read the docs of MPlayer,
have you? They state that it is legal to distribute the source code of
MPlayer. However, binary distributions will break the law. Remember,
MPlayer isn't GPL!
But you are rigth: The MPlayer folks *are* arrogant.
> As Jason commented don't use acronyms I have been using Linux and help
Uhm, why not? Especially with very often used acronyms (like RTFM) I
don't see any problems. Besides: Sooner or later you'll stumble across
an acronym. So you'll end up looking up (and learning) the meaning.
What's so bad about learning?
> installation, is a must. Don't accuse some one of something until you know
> the real details. Using apt to try and install the 'illegal' debs, with the
Oh, come on! You're a little soft, aren't you? Up to now there even
was a real flame, so I don't see the issue here. But then again, I'm
different from you; or better: everybody is different.
Alexander Skwar
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