are you (fedora devels) using fluendo codecs?

[Jesse Keating]

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?

-- 
Jesse Keating
Fedora -- All my bits are free, are yours?
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