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Windows Media Format Could Hit Linux-Based Devices

Posted by timothy on from the mux-demux dept.

An anonymous reader writes "LinuxDevices.com reports that Microsoft has licensed InterVideo Inc. to supply Windows Media Technology to makers of Linux-based consumer devices. Under the agreement, InterVideo is licensed to take the components of the Windows Media Format, port them to Linux, and provide them to manufacturers who are interested in running Windows Media Technology on Linux-based consumer devices such as set-top boxes, personal video recorders, and other hybrid multimedia devices."

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  1. Hows M$ going to avoid the GPL by Crashmarik · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Don't get me wrong I really hope they can't. You have to ask though where are they going get all the support code that isn't GPL. Theyre going to need lots of libraries to make their products actually display.

    If they use GPL'd libraries the whole project will be open source. Even if they don't use GPL libraries they will have to provide the source code for everything they do.

    It would be nice to have a usefull tech like windows media freed from those that would use it for coercive purposes. I somehow doubt with Intel rolling out the first Palladium hardwware that will happen though.