[d@DCC] Re: [OTT-GOSLING] A/V File formats and CODECs (Was: CBC to back only proprietary Microsoft Media format.)

[Michael Richardson]

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>>>>> "Russell" == Russell McOrmond <russell at flora.ca> writes:
    Russell>   In the case of mplayer they try to get around CODEC
    Russell> patents by encouraging you to use the Microsoft Windows DLL
    Russell> versions of the codecs.  In this case you have to have a
    Russell> license for the software where those DLLs came from.  If
    Russell> you duel/dual boot between Microsoft Windows and Linux, it
    Russell> is assumed (although not tested in court) that the use of
    Russell> these DLLs is legal.  If you are like me and run only FLOSS
    Russell> operating systems, it would be a violation of copyright for
    Russell> me to use these DLLs.

  Whether or not the DLL is legal is a red-herring.
  The DLL is not available for non-i386 class processors.

  Now I'm being told that i must buy a Microsoft license (to get the
DLL), *AND* I must a processor for Intel (or perhaps AMD or VIA). 
  I can not, for instance, buy Motorola, Transmeta, ARM, or MIPS.
  (MIPS is a relatively open standard for processors. Essentially anyone
can implement the MIPS instruction set)

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