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RealNetworks & Helix Community to Build OpenSource Media Player

Gnome Multimedia
Gnome Multimedia

Today at Linuxworld RealNetworks announced the launch of the Helix(TM) Player project.

The open-source Helix Player, with the addition of the RealAudio(R) and
RealVideo(R) binaries, will enable Linux, Unix and Solaris users for the first
time to enjoy a similar level of media playback and SMIL 2.0 support that
millions of consumers do today using the free RealOne(TM) Player on Windows
and Mac.

Helix Player will feature a GNOME/GTK interface along with a Mozilla browser plugin. THe player will also support Ogg Vorbis, MP3, and more.

Re: GPL ?

> Copyleft is not BSD or MIT license compatable

Copyleft is the reason that RedHat, SuSE, Mandrake, IBM, HP, Sun, etc. give their improvements back to the community. Copyleft says that they have to.

Without copyleft, companies benefit from *not* sharing because CompanyA can have a better version of GCC then CompanyB. Sharing gets rid of their advantage, they'll only share if they have to.

Copyleft forces everyone to play fair, it's about pragmatism, not idealism.

> what makes RMS/FSF the final word on licenses

We can trust him. The man is incorruptable.

Ciaran O'Riordan