KISS violates GPL stealing mplayer and libmad source.

Alxemi · 4th January 2004, 01:28

Steal mplayer code was not enough to KISS people. Now there are profs of more code stealing in KISS firmwares: libmad (library for MPEG audio) and libjpeg.

Sad news for me, and for a lot of you, I guess.

bullitB · 4th January 2004, 02:04

It's pretty tough to say anyone stole code from libjpeg, since it's published under a BSD-like license.

Alxemi · 5th January 2004, 01:45

hum, you are right about libjpeg, It´s bsd and no steal can be done... I apologize

And it is only my fault, I just saw mplayer´s page so quickly

spyder · 5th January 2004, 07:00

Also, how is the mplayer team so sure that libmad was stolen? The MAD site says it's available via commercial license also. I am not saying that's what happened but the mplayer team should watch what they say unless they have solid proof of any violation against another source.

Mr_Khyron · 5th January 2004, 07:46

i email Gabucino and i got this.

> libjpeg, It´s bsd and no steal can be done...
BSD license says you have to mark the original source.

> Also, how is the mplayer team so sure that libmad was stolen?
> The MAD site says it's available via commercial license also.
The reason is simple: they didn't license our subtitle reader, so why
should have they licensed libmad?

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Alxemi Happy XviD user Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 183	KISS violates GPL stealing mplayer and libmad source. Steal mplayer code was not enough to KISS people. Now there are profs of more code stealing in KISS firmwares: libmad (library for MPEG audio) and libjpeg. Sad news for me, and for a lot of you, I guess. __________________ Mira detras de ti... ¡Un mono con tres cabezas! (Guybrush Threepwod) Last edited by Alxemi; 5th January 2004 at 01:47.

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Alxemi Happy XviD user Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 183	hum, you are right about libjpeg, It´s bsd and no steal can be done... I apologize And it is only my fault, I just saw mplayer´s page so quickly __________________ Mira detras de ti... ¡Un mono con tres cabezas! (Guybrush Threepwod)

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4th January 2004, 02:04	#2 \| Link
bullitB Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 19	It's pretty tough to say anyone stole code from libjpeg, since it's published under a BSD-like license.

5th January 2004, 07:00	#4 \| Link
spyder Matroska Developer Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 315	Also, how is the mplayer team so sure that libmad was stolen? The MAD site says it's available via commercial license also. I am not saying that's what happened but the mplayer team should watch what they say unless they have solid proof of any violation against another source.

5th January 2004, 07:46	#5 \| Link
Mr_Khyron Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 51	i email Gabucino and i got this. > libjpeg, It´s bsd and no steal can be done... BSD license says you have to mark the original source. > Also, how is the mplayer team so sure that libmad was stolen? > The MAD site says it's available via commercial license also. The reason is simple: they didn't license our subtitle reader, so why should have they licensed libmad?