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MPlayer Licence Trouble With A Twist

Posted by timothy on from the life-is-messy-sometimes dept.

protonman writes "A hefty flame war has broken loose on the debian-devel mailinglist about (amongst other things) the legality of mplayer. The interesting part in this conflict is that unlike in previous alledged GPL violations, the culprit is not the unwillingness to provide the source, but the prohibition of the distribution of binaries, thereby violating section 6 of the GPL: 'You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein.' Read also the blurb on the MPlayer homepage."

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  1. preview by Joe+the+Lesser · · Score: 1, Troll

    Flame War: The Return of Mplayer
    This movie will star Alan Alda and Bruce Willis as top lawyers. The role of 'mplayer' will be played by Chris Kattan.

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  2. What a clusterfuck by NineNine · · Score: 0, Troll

    This kind of childish shit is what keeps OSS in the dark ages. Why in the hell would I want to deal with a mess like that just to play some media files? I'd happily pay for Windows just not to have to deal with this childish garbage. My time is worth more than a Windows license or two.