From: Rex D. <rd...@ma...> - 2010-04-13 18:25:03
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Christophe Thommeret wrote: > Le mardi 13 avril 2010 19:10:59, Rex Dieter a écrit : >> To make life simpler for downstreams to be able to freely redistribute >> xine- lib code, please consider distributing patent-encumberred code >> (codecs, libraries, whatever) separately to the core xine-lib bits. >> Many (most?) distros already do this in their own way, but making the >> split formally upstream here would be much appreciated. > "patent-encumberred code" is already in so called plugins. Isn't it > enougth ? it is not. We cannot legally redistribute encumberred source code, so we first have to manually strip the tarball. It is this code that I'm asking be pre-stripped upstream and distributed separately. -- Rex |