[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Linux article -- MPlayer

Lance Simmons lance at lsimmons.net
Fri Jul 9 11:09:56 CDT 2004


* Bryan J. Smith <b.j.smith at ieee.org> [040705 21:01]:
> 
> Lance Simmons wrote:  
> > Mplayer can play many formats, including many .wmf files, but
> > the history of the mplayer code is suspect enough that it can't
> > be considered (by Debian's standards, anyway) to be free
> > software.
> 
> Of course.  But Red Hat has the same issue.  And Fedora 3rd Party
> (F3P) repositories (like Livna.org) solve the problem nicely.

Really?  They make mplayer into free software?  Cool!

-- 
Lance Simmons
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alternatives.
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