KISS Technology
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| Type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer networking |
| Founded | United States |
| Headquarters | United States |
| Parent | Cisco Systems |
KISS Technology is an entertainment technology company based in the Denmark. It was acquired by Cisco Systems on July 22, 2005.
In January 2004 the open-source MPlayer project accused the then Danish DVD player manufacturer, KISS Technology, of marketing DVD players with firmware that included parts of MPlayer's GPL Licensed code. The implication was that KISS was violating the GPL License, since KISS did not release its firmware under the GPL license. The response from the managing director of KISS, Peter Wilmar Christensen, offered as explanation of the similarities that the MPlayer team had in fact used code stolen from KISS's firmware, while the release timeline of MPlayer and KISS firmware does not support such a statement[1].
[edit] Notes
- ^ "MPLAYERHQ:HU _ THE MOVIE PLAYER FOR LINUX (via the Wayback Machine)". 2004-01-10. Archived from the original on 2004-04-09. http://web.archive.org/web/20040409075342/http://www6.mplayerhq.hu/design6/news.html. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
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