From: Miguel F. <mi...@ce...> - 2003-07-29 17:11:45
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On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 13:27, ol...@hi... wrote: > I ran across this story on Linuxtoday > <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1045_3-5056969.html">CNET News: Lindows > Unveils DVD Application</a> where there is a link to this product > <a href="http://www.lindows.com/lindows_products_details.php?id=11804">DVD > Player</a> It's XineUI 0.9.21 with according to the page a licenced Dvd > playback. hey, this is pretty interesting. should we buy it to have access to whatever modifications they did? we can not just demand access to the source. however if they distribute a GPL based software they are required to make the source available to whoever buy the product as well. afaik, in order to sell a legal dvd player product one has to buy several licenses. not only for the CSS but also for other patented technologies of the DVD as well. regards, Miguel |