Re: Linux and Multimedia-->The Potential is there<<-- But...........
From: The Ghost In The Machine (ewill_at_sirius.athghost7038suus.net)
Date: 12/29/04
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Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:01:40 GMT
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Conor
<conor.turton@gmail.com>
wrote
on Wed, 29 Dec 2004 03:02:11 -0000
<MPG.1c3c2e91e3e3a75e989a4f@news.giganews.com>:
> In article flatfish+++ says...
>
>> Yea sure.
>> Maybe they can get around to writing a decent help system.
>> Programs that actually work?
>> Some decent plug-ins?
>>
> They have some decent plugins. Sadly they come in the w32codecs package
> which has more than a little irony attached as well as a huge dose of
> illegality.
>
The Gentoo package of win32codecs was most recently dated 20040916,
20040926, 20041023, or 20041219, depending on which files/datestamp
one looks at, comes with an "as-is" license.
0fd27aced9e2658485793ae23e40dd53 /usr/portage/licenses/as-is
--8<-->8--
This is a generic place holder for a class of licenses that boil down to do
no guarantees and all you get is what you have. The language is usually
similar to:
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided
that the above copyright notice appears in all copies and that both the
copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
documentation, and that the some name not be used in advertising or
publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without specific,
written prior permission. We makes no representations about the
suitability this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is"
without express or implied warranty.
You will need to check the license that came with the software for the exact
specifics. Generally you are free to do most anything you want with "as is"
software but you should not take this license as legal advice.
Note: Most all license have an "as is" clause. For our purposes this does
not make all software in this category. This category is for software with
very little restrictions.
The information in this license about licenses is presented "as is". :-P
--8<-->8--
I can't speak for other distros. (How does one "do a guarantee" anyway?
Take it to a hairdresser? Write it up? Undress it (with its consent)
and try to create children?)
-- #191, ewill3@earthlink.net It's still legal to go .sigless.
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