[Pkg-gtkpod-devel] Reverting of mp4/m4a support

[Matteo F. Vescovi]

Hi!

On 10/02/2012 14:42, Fabian Greffrath wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have seen that you have reverted the mp4/m4a plugin in the current
> gtkpod upload because the package has been rejected by ftp-masters.
>
> What was the purpose of this plugin? I mean, isn't gtkpod able to
> dlopen() libmp4v2 anyway and thus use it when it is there without
> explicit linking? Was the reveerted plugin explicitely linked against
> libmp4v2 and thus caused the infamous MPL<->GPL license clash?
>
> - Fabian

OK, I must admit my full ignorance on dlopen() (among other things!).
When 2.1.1 came out, I thought it was the right time to test the mp4/m4a 
support I found in upstream maintainer's package for Ubuntu.
I thought it was well done and used it in my debian package, even if I 
was aware of the issues it brought.

Now, if there are other options allowing me to give our users a mp4/m4a 
support without fighting with licenses, please give me some hints about 
it. I'll be very happy to learn something new.

Thanks in advance.

Cheers.


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