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MPlayer Alleges KISS Technology Violating GPL

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the code-by-another-name dept.

bfree writes "Not for the first time, the people at MPlayer think they have found their code being distributed binary only, this time in at least one of KISS Techologies products. In their traditional quiet style the full story is now the first piece of news on their homepage including string comparisons between the player ROM and MPlayer. The 'evidence' presented relates to subtitle identification, where the KISS ROM includes the same list, in order, of subtitle formats as MPlayer (including their own format mpsub) and MPlayer's patterns for each of the formats are also there identically."

2 of 423 comments (clear)

  1. Re:A taste of their own medicine by myzz · · Score: 5, Funny
    ever thought why they are hosted in Hungary ?
    They are hosted in Hungary, because main developers are hungarians?
  2. GPL notice included in KISS DP-508 Media Player by Bowie+J.+Poag · · Score: 5, Funny



    In accordance with the GPL, the source for KISS DP-508 is available upon
    request, for a nominal fee to cover media and shipping costs.*

    .

    .

    .

    * = The source code will be provided to you as a series of large, neon-lit
    marquee letters shipped individually in wooden packing crates. Currently,
    the world's supply of neon gas limits our ability to ship large quantities
    of source code. The current expected wait time is 32 years, plus or minus
    6 months, depending upon the condition of labor relations in countries with
    substantial noble gas exports.

    For more information, please inject crystal meth directly into your eyeballs,
    and light yourself on fire while listening to the following song:

    http://www.ibiblio.org/propaganda/pogo/easteregg.m p3


    Thats the version of the GPL I prefer, personally.

    --
    Bowie J. Poag