are you (fedora devels) using fluendo codecs?

[Bastien Nocera]

On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 23:54 -0500, Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:20:57 +0000
> Bastien Nocera <bnocera at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> > > Fluendo could use a non-closed source compiler (I suggest gcc) so
> > > that the binaries could be made to not need execmem.  
> > 
> > I'm trying to find a way to show you're talking rubbish without being
> > insulting, but I'm failing. The problem isn't the compiler, but the
> > libraries used, in this case Intel's IPP library. It provides
> > convenience functions for optimised decoding of a number of codecs,
> > and various other optimised decoding routines.
> > 
> > Fluendo doesn't have access to the IPP library sources, so we're
> > waiting for Intel to fix this. I'm not holding my breath.
> 
> Ok, fine, s/compiler/library/.  Are you really going to tell me that
> it's impossible to build the mp3 library (and others) without using
> closed source software?

It is extremely incovenient, as you need to reimplement, and reoptimise
large portions of code.