[MPlayer-dev-eng] MPlayer licensing [and lotso other stuff as I'm typingSat Nov 24 12:52:16 2001

[Gábor Lénárt]

On Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 01:44:17PM -0500, Daniel A. Nagy wrote:
> > (since it was some boot device or so, ask him :). Of course he would have
> > used initrd. But there is some truth about the fact that GPL has got SOME
> > disadvantages as well. But imho there's NO license which can avoid stealing
> > code, guarantee freedom without ANY possible negative effect. That's simply
> > impossible since a single software (like Linux kernel) must consist of
> > pieces licensed with the same rules as its components ... So in our
> > non-perfect world I must treat GPL as the BEST available option ...
> 
> Aren't the guys who release drivers with GPL incompatible licenses to blame
> in the first place?

Yes, in theory. But many hardware vendor simply CAN'T for example GPL licensed
driver because the copyrighted techology used inside or something similar
reason.

Sorry, the other part of your letter about law is not interesting for me,
I'm not a jurist.

- Gabor