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Originally Posted by TadW
Is it just a coincidence that user PocketTV represents MpegTV LLC, who develops PocketTV, another video player for Pocket PC, which is not freeware and lacks some of the more advanced features of BetaPlayer? |
Unfortunately the story posted on your site is distorted and inaccurate. Here are some corrections:
- PocketTV Classic *is* Freeware, and it has many advanced features, including support for VGA, support for hardware acceleration (2700G, ATI), support for http streaming, frame capture, etc).
- The developer of Betaplayer did recognize that he used source code that was developed and copyrighted by other developers (that was the point we raised), and he did the right thing: Betaplayer now correctly lists the authors of all the copyrighted code used in Betaplayer. That was the subject of your article, and Betaplayer did correct it.
- All the legal issues related to Betaplayer using technology that is subject to patent royalties (MPEG-4, MP3, MPEG-2,...) are something that Betaplayer and the patent holders or the organisms representing them (such as Thomson and MPEGLA) should work out. CoreCodec.org, the website backing up and distributing Betaplayer, and DivxNetworks Inc, owner of the DivX technology, may be involved in these legal issues.