[Gllug] KiSS DP-558

[Nick Richards]

> > there was a licencing tiff, although from what I've seen the MPlayer
> > people could have a licencing argument with a paper bag.
> 
> That's because they profess to `not care' about licenses, and whenever
> anyone points out the gross licensing nightmares that MPlayer is full
> of, they threaten to pick up their toys and go home.

Ah yes, I remember why I don't use it now. Why anyone would when
you've got stuff like videolan and GStreamer is an enduring mystery.
 
> It's wisest to consider MPlayer unredistributable. Personally, I
> consider it unusable from a UI POV, too, so I don't install it and all
> is well...

Yep, doesn't auger well for the sanity of the KiSS that they bundled
it when, as you say, it's crazymad though.

Nick
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