From: Darren S. <li...@yo...> - 2005-05-21 23:13:31
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I demand that Diego Biurrun may or may not have written... > On Sat, May 21, 2005 at 02:39:15PM +0100, James Stembridge wrote: >> I was looking at updating to libfaad, as I've found a couple of samples >> that don't decode corrently with our current version. > Funny, I was doing the same thing with MPlayer to get some AAC samples > working on AMD64... >> However >> I found that there is now a requirement for some advertising: >> /* >> ** FAAD2 - Freeware Advanced Audio (AAC) Decoder including SBR decoding >> ** Copyright (C) 2003-2005 M. Bakker, Ahead Software AG, http://www.nero.com [snip standard GPL-v2-or-later & disclaimer] >> ** Software using this code must display the following message visibly in the >> ** software: >> ** "FAAD2 AAC/HE-AAC/HE-AACv2/DRM decoder (c) Ahead Software, www.nero.com" >> ** in, for example, the about-box or help/startup screen. [snip] >> I'm not sure how we could do this in xine-lib. Output it on stdout? It'd appear at least /sometimes/... ;-) >> Also, as it explicitly states that it's under the GPL and the GPL contains >> no such advertising clause can we just ignore it anyway? > Ouch. IMO this "advertising clause" is GPL-incompatible. Of course, > IANAL, so I'm open to other opinions. <URL:http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/01/msg00198.html> [snip] > Has anybody contacted Nero? Does anybody know why they made this change? Not me... -- | Darren Salt | d youmustbejoking,demon,co,uk | nr. Ashington, | Debian, | s zap,tartarus,org | Northumberland | RISC OS | @ | Toon Army | Let's keep the pound sterling Given my druthers, I'd druther not. |