tom tomwhoreslacknet xvid 1 project make gpl divx codecs sigma designs 1 company looking put hardware playback amongst things divx files problem sigma using xvids gpled code ways gpl resultsxvid stops work thier code ask users put preasure sigma honor gpl notes places doom9 3 xvid development stopped sigma designs realmagic mpeg4 video codec contains wide portions code taken xvid project soon initial release realmagic codec xvid developers contacted sigma informed gpl violation dont know xvid distributed gnu public license gpl demands modify gpl program release gpl case means source code sigma codec must freely available sigma promised replace stolen code new version codec released month disguises stolen code actually removed sigma contacted asked remove offending code today nothing happened therefore xvid team turning public hope receive wide public support efforts convince sigma designs respect terms gpl matter resolved xvid development continue said hope forum members saw threads sigma codecs closed understand motivation internally already knew going since xvid authors first wanted try resolve internally respected wishes kept quiet matter hand update sigma issued press release announcing availability source code mpeg4 codec already download however word lost xvid issue press release makes one think sigma codec entirely developed sigma might hearing update found gpl notice source code files also looks like sigma placed copyright lines xvid doesnt get credit source either gpl notice also collides sigmas software licensing agreement sign downloading codec source issue divxnetworks said theyd fully support xvid issue apparently dxns relationship sigma didnt really work either sigmas xcard divx compatible advertised updatefirst update xvid situation release sigma source code mean far license agreement agree download install codec compatible gpl furthermore clearly seen download source code look sigma codec pretty much copy xvid codec copyright notices original developers removed replaced violate gpl copyright laws cant take program change lines change copyright statements copyright protection parts wrote related sigma codec also contains code taken opendivx project files outfitted 2 different copyright notices quite funny 1 httpwwwxvidorg 2 httpwwwsigmadesignscom 3 httpwwwdoom9org httpxentcommailmanlistinfofork fri 23 aug 2002 183337 0400 edt gpl limits put test