Re: binary for mplayer on ftp://

[Aleksey Cheusov <cheusov%tut.by@localhost>]

On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Benny Siegert <bsiegert%gmail.com@localhost> 
wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 2:18 PM, OBATA Akio <obache%netbsd.org@localhost> 
> wrote:
>> And internal libcvdcss will not be used to build (unless
>> --enable-libdvdcss-internal),
>> then it is not a reason to restrict binary packages.
>>
>> Any other comments?
>
> Yes. Even without DVD encryption support, a large part of the codecs
> are covered by patents. Distributing mplayer binaries is a legal
> minefield.
>
> --Benny.

Debian Linux somehow distributes mplayer, probably limited.
ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/m/mplayer/

Can we do the same?