[Ffmpeg-devel] [Ffmpeg-devel-old] why not have h264encoder in the libavcodec?

[François Revol]

> > But because the GPL is "self-centered" (or how could I say selfish
> > without saying so ?) it doesn't allow other licences to join in, 
> > except
> > by being assimilated.
> 
> Well, you could say GPL is like a virus. Once contaminated with one 
> GPL
> project, the whole project is compromised.
> 

Yes, and indeed it's spreading quite well...
I even heard rumours about a new virus M$ registered having signature 
FSF.GPLv3. What's frightening is it's not limited to win32 like most of 
the crowd...

Fran?ois.