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On Thursday 24 April 2003 19:17, Jon Lech Johansen wrote: |
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> From media-video/avifile/avifile-0.7.34.20030319.ebuild: |
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> x86? ( >=media-libs/divx4linux-20020418 |
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> >=media-libs/win32codecs-0.90 ) |
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> Requiring these is bad for two reasons: |
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> 1. Both divx4linux and win32codecs consist of closed source software. |
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> 2. win32codecs ebuild consists of WMP, QT and other codecs which are |
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> downloaded from mplayer's website. AFAIK the mplayer team has not |
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> obtained a redistribution license from either Microsoft or Apple, |
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> which makes their distribution a violation of copyright law. Their |
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> website is located in Hungary, which is a member state of WIPO (whose |
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> treaties are the basis for most copyright laws around the world). |
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> Providing the win32codecs ebuild could be considered contributory |
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> copyright infringement. |
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Maybe they should be marked RESTRICT="nomirror" |
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Paul |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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Researcher |
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Mail: pauldv@××××××.nl |
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Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net |