Hmm... the reasonning behind all this is quite odd. Will you remove support for viewing xvid files, since 90% of the viewed files are downloaded illegally on the net? Will you remove support for mp3 files, for the same reason as above?
I would agree that having MDAPI supported *directly* in MP would be bad; however, what is being made is a generic DirectShow filter which supports MDAPI. The filter itself is not illegal; the way you use it can be, though. However, you would have 2 levels of "protection";
- MP wouldn't support MDAPI directly; it would support it through a generic DirectShow filter (which can be used on any other DirectShow application)
- The MDAPI filter itself is not illegal, as stated above.
Since the filter could be used from ANY directshow application, do you think Windows Media Player should be banned? Winamp? Graphedit.exe? Zoom player?
It's your call, really, but let's face it; you'll gain a LOT of north american users by supporting the said filter.
Either way, I don't really care. I'm not developping the filter specifically for MP, and people will provide source patches and modified dll's one way or another. I just think the decision on this subject is preventing a LOT of users from using MP, especially considering that, like I said, you're protected anyway since MP would *not* be implementing the MDAPI itself.
People interested in the filter can come to the
DVBN forum.