VLC Media player team asking for a gift

Here's Olivier talking:

VLC Media Player team begs for a donation so they could get equipped of a G5 mac, in order to develop the support of their optical output.
For the moment, they can't test it, and it is a shame.

Given the huge bonus brought to the Mac by VLC, help them buy a G5 would be the least of things. And why wouldn't Apple be part of it ?
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