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Mplayer Charges License Violation

Posted by michael on from the showing-feelings-of-an-almost-human-nature dept.

Several people have submitted stories about the author of Mplayer accusing Warpvision of, err, "borrowing" their code for Warpvision's OS/2 player. I have two reactions - one, someone still uses OS/2? And two, something about imitation being the sincerest form of flattery...Update from CD: Hold on there, everyone. I downloaded the WarpVision source and lo and behold the GPL is there in all its free software glory. I think Mplayer spoke too soon, too rashly, or alternatively, WarpVision was just too slow to update thier site. I'd love to hear both sides of this before we all freak out. Further Info: It was pointed out to me (CD) that the MPlayer program itself is not Open Source software (it calls itself Basically GPL, which, BTW, hasn't been approved by the OSI), so in the end this might just be proprietary software piracy. (Yawn)

3 of 249 comments (clear)

  1. OS/2 Users by Mr.Spaz · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    They'll probably still be using it in 2101, too. Watch out; they're a rabid bunch. To imply that OS/2 is on its way out will surely result in a swift and vicious attack.

  2. Um...?? by jonnythan · · Score: 3, Flamebait
    so in the end this might just be proprietary software piracy. (Yawn)
    So if someone steals GPL code, it's a horrendous crime worthy of getting everyone involved and posting to slashdot...but if it's proprietary code that's stolen, no one cares?

    How does that work?
  3. Not OSI approved? by ByTor-2112 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    NOT OSI APPROVED? SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP!

    I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW SICK I AM OF PEOPLE ARGUING OVER THESE STUPID SIMPLE SEMANTICS.

    If I have the source code it is OPEN SOURCE. I don't care what 12 white men living under a rockthink about the license!

    AAAAAARRRRGHG!!!!

    I feel better.