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Re: [xine-devel] PSX STR comments license
From: Mike Melanson <mike@mu...> - 2007-11-27 17:06
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Mike S. wrote: > I would very much like to thank Mike Melanson, Stuart > Caie, and all for taking the time and effort to > include Playstation STR/MDEC decoding in the xine > media player. You're welcome. I can barely even remember doing that. > I have spent the last few months writing a STR decoder > of my own in order to decode the video from a game > using unique huffman/vlc codes. During that process, I > have also documented what I learned about the STR file > format. > > Given that there is very little written information > about the Playstation 1, and that it is now such an > old platform, I wanted to release the document > essentially license-free. I've considered > public-domain, but am currently using a slightly > modified MIT License. > > But this documentation includes some of the > documentation comments from the xine source code, > specifically from demux_str.c. Since it is licensed > under the GPL v2, I am including a note about it being > under the GPL license, plus including the license at > the end of the file. > > I wanted to obtain permission to relicense/sub-license > these 60 lines of text from demux_str.c to either MIT > License, or to provide it essentially without license. > Or is that the amount of text not significant enough > to warrant license concerns? > > I have only recently begun learning about the many > licenses available and how to use them, so please > correct me of any errors I am making. I also apologize > if this was the wrong mailing list to inquire about > this. I don't really care; use my code however you wish, including in your documentation. However, I would love to be able to collect that information in the MultimediaWiki here: http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=PlayStation_Motion_Decoder Email me privately if you would like an account. By default, everything in the MultimediaWiki is GFDL: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html -- -Mike Melanson |
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