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diff --git a/mpeglib/lib/mpegplay/COPYRIGHT b/mpeglib/lib/mpegplay/COPYRIGHT new file mode 100644 index 00000000..39076276 --- /dev/null +++ b/mpeglib/lib/mpegplay/COPYRIGHT @@ -0,0 +1,145 @@ + +The copyright of this package is a bit interesting. + +I release my modification under GPL, although many +parts (which I only copy&paste) are still the BSD license. +Thus, if you use this software, you use GPL source with +all advantages off the GPL license :-) + +Martin Vogt <mvogt@rhrk.uni-kl.de> + + +Here is the "history" of this package: + + +The copyrights from mpeg_play: +=========================================== + +First the source comes from the Berkeley mpeg_play player. +and was programmed by: + + MPEG Video Software Decoder + (Version 2.3; March 1996) + + Lawrence A. Rowe<Rowe@CS.Berkeley.EDU>, Ketan Patel, Brian Smith, Steve Smoot, and Eugene Hung + Computer Science Division-EECS, Univ. of Calif. at Berkeley + +mpeg_play related emails: + mpeg-bugs@plateau.cs.berkeley.edu + +The JPEG code comes from : + + jrevdct.c comes from the IJG libjpeg release, +The "official" archive site for this software is ftp.uu.net (Internet +address 192.48.96.9). The most recent released version can always be +found there in directory graphics/jpeg. + + + +Many other peoples have contributed to the mpeg_play package: + +ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: + We gratefully thank Hewlett-Packard, Fujitsu, the Semiconductor + Research Corporation for financial support. + + We also want to thank the following people for their help: + + Tom Lane of the Independent JPEG Group provided us with + the basic inverse DCT code used by our player. + (tom_lane@g.gp.cs.cmu.edu) + + Reid Judd of Sun Microsystems provided advice and assistance. + + Todd Brunhoff of NVR provided advice and assistance. + + Toshihiko Kawai of Sony provided advice and assistance. + + Portions of this software Copyright (c) 1995 Brown University. + All rights reserved.(Loring Holden lsh@cs.brown.edu) + + + +Here is my work: + +The mpeg_play source has become over the years more and more _ugly_. +When I started the work (I wanted to play my Titanic CD-I with Linux) +I saw that mpeg_play needed a complete reengineering. This package +is the result of this work: + +* a readable source code +* better structures (although not real OOP) +* a few frames/second slower (buy faster cpus!) +* and usefull input interfaces (for file,http,..) + +But my modification (which makes programmers life much easier) +are done under the GPL! +Ok, the main part is still under the BSD License (all these +strange and complicated algorithm, I don't understand) but if you +use this package (with my modifications) you use GPL source! + +And ere are all theses Licences: +/* + * Copyright (c) 1995 The Regents of the University of California. + * All rights reserved. + * + * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its + * documentation for any purpose, without fee, and without written agreement is + * hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and the following + * two paragraphs appear in all copies of this software. + * + * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR + * DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT + * OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE AND ITS DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF THE UNIVERSITY OF + * CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. + * + * THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES, + * INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY + * AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE SOFTWARE PROVIDED HEREUNDER IS + * ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA HAS NO OBLIGATION TO + * PROVIDE MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS. + */ + + +/* + * Portions of this software Copyright (c) 1995 Brown University. + * All rights reserved. + * + * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its + * documentation for any purpose, without fee, and without written agreement + * is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and the + * following two paragraphs appear in all copies of this software. + * + * IN NO EVENT SHALL BROWN UNIVERSITY BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR + * DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT + * OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE AND ITS DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF BROWN + * UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. + * + * BROWN UNIVERSITY SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT + * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A + * PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE SOFTWARE PROVIDED HEREUNDER IS ON AN "AS IS" + * BASIS, AND BROWN UNIVERSITY HAS NO OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE, + * SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS. + */ + + +Copyright (c) 1999 Martin Vogt + + This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify + it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by + the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or + (at your option) any later version. + + This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the + GNU Library General Public License for more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License + along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software + Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. + +For more information you can conntact me by electronic mail: + + mvogt@rhrk.uni-kl.de + + |