RealNetworks will release open-source software this year that will let Linux computers play Windows Media files legally. The media delivery software company and Novell made the announcement at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo. Novell said it will include the tool in its Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 in the fourth quarter.
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Member since:2005-11-13
What has the EULA of Windows media Player got to do with my downloading a media player designed for Windiows from Real or Apple, "installing" it with Wine and then telling my Linux Xine media player where the codecs are?
Exactly nothing, that is what.
I looked back through the posts and please accept my apologies. I thought it was being argued that MS Windows Media Player DLLs and Codecs could be run on Linux legally.
I agree a player from Real or any other company is a different story.
Member since:2005-11-11
//I looked back through the posts and please accept my apologies. I thought it was being argued that MS Windows Media Player DLLs and Codecs could be run on Linux legally.
I agree a player from Real or any other company is a different story.//
Exactly. The same argument applies for any number of media players from 3rd party sources designed for Windows ... for example, Winamp.
Just as long as I don't try to use the poisonware from Microsoft itself, there are any number of other media players out there that I can download and install under Wine on my Linux system and then use all of the designed-for-Windows binary codecs that it comes with or which it subsequently downloads.
Edited 2006-08-17 02:11
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2005-11-11
// According to the EULA that accompanies Windows Media Player, its a Windows OS Component, not a standalone product.
This part of the EULA makes it pretty clear:
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A VALIDLY LICENSED COPY OF THE CLIENT OS SOFTWARE, YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO INSTALL, COPY OR OTHERWISE USE THE CLIENT OS COMPONENTS AND YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS UNDER THIS SUPPLEMENTAL EULA.//
What has the EULA of Windows media Player got to do with my downloading a media player designed for Windiows from Real or Apple, "installing" it with Wine and then telling my Linux Xine media player where the codecs are?
Exactly nothing, that is what.