Yes, because you are linking GPL to non-GPL code, which you *may* do for your own use, becasue the GPL only comes into effect. However, distributing the binary indicates you agree to the terms of the GPL, including the prohibition against linking non-free code to GPL code. (at least that's my understanding, take it with a *large* grain of salt) Anyway, this isn't a Debian list, so I'll stop ranting about licenses now ;-)
License issues aside, the whole thing is optimized to a specific CPU at compile time, so a binary version compiled on a Pentium III will choke and die on an Athlon system, and vice versa. On Tuesday 04 December 2001 09:10 pm, Theo Brinkman wrote: > Let me get this straight. > > 1) The mplayer developers are developing software which uses various > libraries with incompatible licenses. > 2) They claim the files are allowed to exist in the same project in > *source* form. > 3) They also claim that distributing (or even *building*) the project > results in you violating some of those licenses. > 4) They tell you to go ahead and download it and build it. > 5) They apparently don't think their project violates any of those > licenses even though (by their own admission) they must have violated > these licenses hundreds of times during the development cycle. > > WHAT THE #&@*!!! > > - Theo > > Will wrote: > > >I hate to be a spoilsport, but according to the mplayer website, distributing > >binary packages of mplayer is illegal due to some sort of license > >incompatibility in the libraries. It's also highly optimized for > >cpu-specific MMX/SSE/3Dnow instructions, so it's probably better to compile > >yourself anyway. Look at the bottom half of > >http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/users_against_developers.html for the whole > >story. > > > >On Tuesday 04 December 2001 06:18 pm, Harold Hartley wrote: > > > >>I went to the site and got all the files I would need to install it on my > >>mandrake 8.0 ... > >>I noticed when I try to run it, it makes like it loading and then stops.. > >>I have read the man pages for mplayer and don't see anything there why it > >>would do this.. > >>any suggestions as to why.. > >> > >>Harold > >> > >>On Tuesday 04 December 2001 02:09 pm, you wrote: > >> > >>>On Tue, 04 Dec 2001 14:52:33 +0900 > >>> > >>>"Nguyen H.Vu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>>>Hi, > >>>> > >>>>Anyone compile MPlayer with LM8.1. I ve tried but it said gcc 2.9.6 is > >>>>broken > >>>> > >>>You may wawnt to check this site out... > >>>On LM 8.1 they work for me ! > >>> > >>>http://lis.snv.jussieu.fr/~rousse/linux/plf/ > >>> > >> > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > message.footer > > > > Content-Type: > > > > text/plain > > Content-Encoding: > > > > 8bit > > > > > > > > -- If puns are outlawed, only outlaws will have puns. Will Reinhart [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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