On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, Mark Brown wrote: > On Sun, Aug 22, 1999 at 12:30:39AM -0700, Ramiel G. wrote: > > > Does anyone know if there are any DVD players out there for Linux? > > Due to restrictions on the decoding algorithms and (I presume) the specs > for chips used in hardware decoders there aren't any.
hmm... i believe that is not true due to patents problem, it is impossible to have open-source software only DVD player. It is possible however to have: 1. closed source commercial software only DVD player - author pays royalty out of income selling decoder to you 2. hardware based DVD player with GPLed driver - hardware manufacturer pays royalty adding it to player cost i believe you can get hw DVD player with Linux driver (panasonic comes to mind ?) OK
