On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 18:03:42 +1100, James Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm curious about why there isn't an MPlayer package in Debian. The > MPlayer website says that "MPlayer is available under the GNU General > Public License v2", so I don't see why it wouldn't be considered "free > software". Even if it wasn't available under a free license, why > wouldn't it be in non-free?
There appear to be some legal issues: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=113238 Note that the last message to the bug report was on the 16th, so this is getting some attention. -- Michael A. Marsh http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~mmarsh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]