From: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
To: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: GStreamer xwidget
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2021 13:27:43 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87czmunkmo.fsf@yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1mofFU-00050I-Tw@fencepost.gnu.org> (Richard Stallman's message of "Sun, 21 Nov 2021 00:18:44 -0500")
Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
> The most important questions are these,
> Before deciding whether to install this, we need to understand clearly
> what jobs it can do. What kinds of media does GStreamer stream?
> Which formats? Does GStreamer implement DRM? Is GStreamer 100% free
> ziyou software, with no exceptions?
> because they will determine whether there is an important reason
> to reject making Emacs work closely with GStreamer.
Perhaps my mail didn't reach you, but I sent you mail answering your
questions earlier.
It is reproduced below for your convenience:
> From: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: GStreamer xwidget
> To: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2021 16:05:07 +0800 (21 hours, 21 minutes, 9 seconds ago)
>
> Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> > I would like to install the following change that introduces a
>> > GStreamer-based media widget.
>>
>> > It depends on GStreamer, gst-plugins-base, and gst-plugins-good and is
>> > thus a compile-time option.
>>
>> Before deciding whether to install this, we need to understand clearly
>> what jobs it can do. What kinds of media does GStreamer stream?
>
> The plugins that this change takes advantage of will only stream free
> software, as it doesn't depend on gst-plugins-ugly or gst-plugins-bad.
>
>> Which formats? Does GStreamer implement DRM?
>
> I can't give a definitive list of formats, but the GStreamer plugins
> this change will take advantage of only support free formats, consist
> entirely of free code, and have a policy against implementing DRM.
>
>> Is GStreamer 100% free ziyou software, with no exceptions?
>
> GStreamer itself is a framework that is 100% free (as in freedom)
> software. There are proprietary plugins that implement DRM, but they
> are separate from GStreamer itself and the base and good plugins, and
> Emacs will not use them even if present on a user's system.
Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-11-21 5:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 70+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2021-11-19 2:51 ` GStreamer xwidget Po Lu
2021-11-19 4:01 ` T.V Raman
2021-11-19 4:21 ` Po Lu
2021-11-19 5:38 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-19 5:49 ` Po Lu
2021-11-19 6:19 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-19 6:37 ` Po Lu
2021-11-19 6:53 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-19 13:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-19 13:07 ` Po Lu
2021-11-19 13:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-19 13:33 ` Po Lu
2021-11-19 13:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-20 5:07 ` Po Lu
2021-11-20 7:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-20 7:27 ` Po Lu
2021-11-21 5:19 ` Richard Stallman
2021-11-21 6:53 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-22 4:31 ` Richard Stallman
2021-11-20 7:42 ` Richard Stallman
2021-11-20 8:05 ` Po Lu
2021-11-20 8:16 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-21 5:18 ` Richard Stallman
2021-11-21 5:27 ` Po Lu [this message]
2021-11-22 4:31 ` Richard Stallman
2021-11-22 4:41 ` Po Lu
2021-11-23 6:11 ` Richard Stallman
2021-11-23 7:07 ` Po Lu
2021-11-23 20:54 ` Richard Stallman
2021-11-24 0:32 ` Po Lu
2021-11-25 5:32 ` Richard Stallman
2021-11-25 8:13 ` Po Lu
2021-11-25 11:34 ` Alexandre Garreau
2021-11-27 4:09 ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-01 12:30 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-12-01 17:53 ` Arthur Miller
2021-12-02 0:51 ` Po Lu
2021-12-02 2:47 ` chad
2021-11-27 4:08 ` Richard Stallman
2021-11-27 4:38 ` Po Lu
2021-11-28 4:24 ` Richard Stallman
2021-11-28 4:42 ` Po Lu
2021-11-28 8:04 ` Yuri Khan
2021-11-28 8:16 ` Po Lu
2021-11-29 3:02 ` Richard Stallman
2021-11-29 7:31 ` Yuri Khan
2021-11-29 7:44 ` Po Lu
2021-11-29 21:12 ` Richard Stallman
2021-11-30 1:38 ` Po Lu
2021-11-30 8:30 ` Yasushi SHOJI
2021-11-30 9:29 ` Po Lu
2021-11-30 10:30 ` Yasushi SHOJI
2021-12-01 7:04 ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-01 7:09 ` Po Lu
2021-11-30 4:09 ` Richard Stallman
2021-11-29 3:01 ` Richard Stallman
2021-11-29 3:12 ` Po Lu
2021-11-30 4:09 ` Richard Stallman
2021-11-30 4:36 ` Po Lu
2021-12-01 7:04 ` Richard Stallman
2021-11-23 6:11 ` Richard Stallman
2021-11-23 6:55 ` Po Lu
2021-11-24 4:28 ` Richard Stallman
2021-11-21 6:52 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-21 14:45 ` Arthur Miller
2021-11-23 6:09 ` Richard Stallman
2021-11-22 4:31 ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-01 7:07 ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-01 7:31 ` Po Lu
2021-12-01 8:30 ` Alexandre Garreau
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