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Comment of the Day - December 1, 2005 - Legal DVD Players for Linux
It's unfortunate that some announced DVD players for Linux are available only for embedded applications, like dedicated hardware. They don't help Linux desktop endusers. However, there are at least two "legal" solutions to my knowledge - one is bundled with Turbolinux version 10F, which includes a version of Cyberlink's PowerDVD. It works, but is a bit buggy. The other is an add-on for Linspire, available for a paid download from their "Click-N-Run" repository. Windows users pay for DVD players like WinDVD or PowerDVD; if such were available to add to any Linux distribution, some folks would pay for it, especially if its installation were painless. |
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you know one can TRY to make it illegal in the States...
But what about the rest_of_the_world? WE just don't care.
If a chineese want to write a DVD player for linux. he MAY. If our little chinese wants to sell it to a european citizen: HE MAY.
If the european citizen doesn't need windows because he can play his DVD, read his mail write what he wants on a linux machine... the States just don't get the monney (via MickeySoft).