Re: binary for mplayer on ftp://

["OBATA Akio" <obache%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Mon, 11 Jun 2012 23:34:18 +0900, Aleksey Cheusov <cheusov%tut.by@localhost> 
wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Benny Siegert <bsiegert%gmail.com@localhost> 
> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 2:18 PM, OBATA Akio <obache%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
> > > And internal libcvdcss will not be used to build (unless
> > > --enable-libdvdcss-internal),
> > > then it is not a reason to restrict binary packages.
> > >
> > > Any other comments?
> >
> > Yes. Even without DVD encryption support, a large part of the codecs
> > are covered by patents. Distributing mplayer binaries is a legal
> > minefield.
> >
> > --Benny.
>
> Debian Linux somehow distributes mplayer, probably limited.
> ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/m/mplayer/
>
> Can we do the same?

JFYI
http://people.debian.org/~mjr/legal/mplayer.html

"large part of the codecs" provide no useful information.
AAC? , from audio/faad2 package and we can disabled by default.
MPEG?, from audio/lame and it is used by mplayer/mencoder package,
       no reason to restrict mplayer package.
codecs from ffmpeg? we can switch to use multimedia/ffmpeg,
       and multimedia/ffmpeg package is not restricted.
...?

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