[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!
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Lance Simmons
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