Subject: Re: pkg/18776: mplayer is GPLed (no more binary distribution restrictions)
To: None <dgriffi@cs.csubak.edu>
From: Frederick Bruckman <fredb@immanent.net>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 10/23/2002 08:41:31
In article <20021022223736.9290511122@narn.netbsd.org>,
dgriffi@cs.csubak.edu writes:
>
> In mplayer-share/Makefile.common, we see:
>
> RESTRICTED?= "unsure of the license"
>
> According to the mplayer website, this ambiguity is removed. See
> http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/info.html and scroll to the bottom.
>
> The restrictions on binary distribution should be moot now. The CSS
> code may still pose a problem.
I suggest we wait on removing the NO_BIN_ON_* variables,
as there's still the issue of binaries not being runnable
on hosts other than the one they were built on.
--
Frederick