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allowed to be distributed in binary form, and also contains the OpenDivX
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library which has special license. We are still developing towards GPL.</P>
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<P>For further information about licensing, check the second part of
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<A HREF="users_against_developers.html">this file</A>.</P>
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<P>Distributing <B>MPlayer</B> in the form of binaries and/or binary packages
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is currently impossible, speaking about both <B>technical</B> and <B>law</B>
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areas. Detailed information can be found in the second part of <A HREF="users_against_developers.html">this file</A>,
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and it is recommended to read it.</P>
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<P>I didn't write any codecs, just some players. I spent
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a lot of time finding the best way to parse bad damaged input files
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@ -76,7 +76,34 @@ won't bring you anywhere.</P>
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<P>Tons of users asked us about this. For example Debian users tend to say: Oh,
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I can <CODE>apt-get install avifile</CODE>, why should I <B>compile MPlayer</B> ?
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While this may sound reasonable, the problem lies a bit deeper than
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those-fuckin-MPlayer-developers-hate-gcc-2.96-and-RedHat-and-Debian.
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those-fuckin-MPlayer-developers-hate-gcc-2.96-and-RedHat-and-Debian.</P>
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<P>Reasons: <B>Law</B></P>
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<P><B>MPlayer</B> describes the <U>sourcecode</U>. It contains several files with incompatible
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licenses especially on the redistribution clauses. As source files, they are
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allowed to coexist in a same project.</P>
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<P>Therefore, <U>NEITHER BINARIES NOR BINARY PACKAGES OF <B>MPlayer</B> ARE ALLOWED TO EXIST SINCE
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SUCH OBJECTS BREAK LICENSES</U>. PEOPLE WHO DISTRIBUTE SUCH BINARY PACKAGES ARE
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DOING ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES.</P>
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<P>So if you know somebody who maintains a binary package then forward her/him
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this text and (ask him to) contact us. What (s)he is doing is illegal and IT IS
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NO LONGER <B>MPlayer</B>, but <U>his/her</U> mplayer. If it breaks, it is
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his/her fault. Don't come and cry on the <B>MPlayer</B> mailing lists, you will
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most likely be blacklisted.</P>
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<P>For example that french guy called <B>Christian Marillat</B> who denied our
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request, and is still distributing binary Debian packages of <B>MPlayer</B>,
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despite the fact that there was at least one user who downloaded it and failed
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(of course compiling from source helped him). And there is <B>Guillaume
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Rousse</B>, who is doing the same, but making RPMs for Mandrake. Do not support
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criminals!</P>
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<P>Reasons: <B>Technical</B></P>
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<P>
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<UL>
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<LI><B>MPlayer's</B> speed (MMX, SSE, fastmemcpy, etc) optimizations are
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determined during compilation. Thus a compiled binary contains very
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compiletime, X11 output compiles differently for X3 and X4, etc). You may
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say: yes, let's make 30 versions of downloadable binaries! We won't. We
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will make these stuff pluggable in the future.</LI>
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<LI><B>MPlayer</B> includes GPL codes, and some non-GPL ones
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(like OpenDivX alpha 48). Arpi's demuxers and other code has a special
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license which is like GPL with one exception: it doesn't allow binary
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distribution. Thus, anyone who distributes a binary which contains Arpi's
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code (which is the core of <B>MPlayer</B>) is doing a <B><I>FORBIDDEN
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THING</I></B> ! For example that french guy called <B>Christian
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Marillat</B> who denied our request, and is still distributing binary
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Debian packages of <B>MPlayer</B>, despite the fact that there was at least
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one user who downloaded it and failed (of course compiling from source
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helped him). And there is <B>Guillaume Rousse</B>, who is doing the same,
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but making RPMs for Mandrake. Please understand : we're trying to be GPL,
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but there are still problems to resolve. Don't come and flame, instead help
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(or better, stay quiet). Thanks.
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