[vlc-devel] Subtitles downloader for VLC

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Le Wednesday 07 May 2008 22:09:42 Rafaël Carré, vous avez écrit :
> > Just one question out-of-the-blue without any previous
> > investigation: is your module compatible with both the Terms of Usage
> > of the related websites and European copyright laws?
> >
> > If one of these assumptions is not valid, I would have to oppose the
> > inclusion of this module, although this would be a pity.

+1

> The .lua (which do the actual downloading) could be distributed
> separately by someone who wants to take the risk (or has the
> opportunity to consult a lawyer).

You take your responsibility. I strongly advise anyone against doing such a 
thing, should feepk's worries be justified. Incitation to theft is illegal.

On a more technical level, the LUA script engine is currently not safely 
checking object pointer access. So it is arguably a bad idea to use third 
party scripts (well ok, you could mess up anyway, but not as badly).

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Rémi Denis-Courmont
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