[FFmpeg-devel] Fw: ffmpeg GPL violation

[Gianluigi Tiesi]

On Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 12:17:00AM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 02, 2008 at 08:06:26PM +0000, Jethro Walters wrote:
> >
> > Just passing through the "Hall Of Shame" on ffmpeg's website, and
> > found Voltaic's website, and this little snippet on this page:
> > http://shedworx.com/volmac-legal
> >
> >
> > "VoltaicHD for Mac is copyright Systemic Pty Ltd.
> >
> > VoltaicHD for Mac utilises the FFmpeg video application for one
> > part of the conversion process. FFmpeg is used in 'binary' form and
> > the source code of ffmpeg will be provided with the next release of
> > VoltaicHD for Mac.
> >
> > FFmpeg is a trademark of Fabrice Bellard, originator of the FFmpeg project.
> > 
> > FFmpeg is licensed under the LGPL."
> > 
> > So, should this stay in the Hall of Shame?
> 
> It will definitely stay in the Hall of Shame, they are not in compliance
> with the license at all!
> 
> A promise to provide the source some day is not sufficient.
> 

they don't need to provide sources if the binary is built from
unmodified ffmpeg source, the point is understand if their binary
is modified or not


Regards


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