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Kiss Technology Counters MPlayer GPL Arguments
Snaller writes "Recently, MPlayer claimed that KISS Technology were violating the GPL by using parts of their MPlayer movie playback code in proprietary software. Now The Danish National Radio has interviewed the managing director of Kiss Technology, Peter Wilmar Christensen. He denies all claims of wrongdoing and suggests that if the pieces of code are the same, perhaps they were leaked from Kiss Technology and were then used by the Mplayer group. He also adds that the GPL is a weak license which has never been tested in court. Gabucino from the Mplayer team is furious, and accuses the director of outright lying."
...the way to show support for our mplayer friends is to slashdot them into infinity!
I'm not normally an irrational zealous dickhead, but I figure "When in Rome..."
GPL has been tested over and over, and enforced too. Those who don't comply are slashdotted! (And some those who do too!) We slashdotted SCO, now we slashdot KISS.. Fear our wrath!
Keep It Stolen, Stupid.
SCO is apparently suing KISS for stealing their business model...
The CB App. What's your 20?
Looking at the bright side, if he wants to see it tested in court so badly he may very well get his chance. In fact, if he tries hard enough he might just be able to squeeze in before SCO...
(Obligatory Starwars reference)
Even if it isn't strong, and it fails in court, something tells me that if you strike the GPL down, if will become more powerful than we can possibly imagine....
Hopefully we can stop this evil before it spreads too far. No, not Velma looking really good in the next "Scooby Doo" movie, but companies stealing GPL code, then arguing "Well, *you* must have stolen it from us", even though they can't prove it.
52 Weeks, 52 Religions with John Hummel
That's right... By some freak coincidence, KISS had developed a custom subtitle format and gave it the name "MPSub". You might think that the "MP" in that name stood for MPlayer -- you know, as if MPlayer had invented it -- but you would be wrong.
uhh...
...they're getting a donation from me.
Just say the word, guys.
But I'd have to first start buying their products inorder to stop.
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
Actually, GNE's not EFF.
...there is some junior software engineer at KISS sweating like a pregnant lesbian nun in a fish shop right now.
Dam I just brought a Frinitron by Fony at Peckham market this morning. I was told it was rebadged Sony for the eastern european market.
;-)
Let's hope Dell Boy will give me a refund
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