Unfortunately, those aren't the only bastards skulking about. Let's not get started about the MPAA or the RIAA. But the documentation for the parts of the hardware from ATI had to be available to someone, because even Apple was able to write software for it. OK, stop laughing, I was just kidding. Actually, it is more likely that a library was provided by the company that designed the cell that ATI used, and ATI is contractually not able to release any documentation, and may not even have any documentation for programmers. Another possibility is that a company wrote the software for ATI, and got it into the contract that they not release the documentation for how to program that part of the hardware. When you remember that the sellers of DVD playing software AND the manufacturers of DVD drives both pay a per unit fee to the MPAA, it is not hard to imagine the repressive contractual arrangements that may be in ATI's way.
a Laurent de Segur wrote: > > You should show the example by including the decss code that now ships > standard with vlc into the debian package. > > Right now, to be able to play commercial DVDs I need to get the decss module > from the vlc main site and install it on top of the stripped down version > that's available on debian servers. > > LdS > > > From: Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 23:30:01 -0500 > > To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org > > Subject: Re: G3's, G4's, Altivec, DVD's, iBooks, and TiBooks > > Resent-From: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org > > > > Fuck those Nazi bastards at Macrovision! Stand up for your rights to > > view multimedia products you own on equipment you own! > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
