From: Rex D. <rd...@ma...> - 2010-04-13 17:09:54
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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. -- Rex |
From: Christophe T. <hf...@fr...> - 2010-04-13 18:00:53
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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. > > -- Rex "patent-encumberred code" is already in so called plugins. Isn't it enougth ? -- Christophe Thommeret |
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 |
From: Rex D. <rd...@ma...> - 2010-04-13 18:48:46
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Rex Dieter wrote: > 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. To be clear here too, if something like this is agreeable, I'd be happy to help do the work necessary to implement it. -- Rex |
From: James Courtier-D. <Ja...@su...> - 2010-04-14 16:50:45
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On 13/04/10 18:10, Rex Dieter wrote: > 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. > > -- Rex > > > It depends what country you are distributing into as to what bits of the code you may or may not want to include. I am not aware of any parts of the xine code base that cannot be distributed here. I do not believe the xine project has ever even been approached by patent holders making claims. I would therefore vote against such a move to break the code into multiple parts for some arbitrary reason. It just makes the code base more difficult to manage and update. Kind Regards James |