[FFmpeg-devel] Fw: ffmpeg GPL violation

[Diego Biurrun]

On Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 06:01:42AM +0200, Gianluigi Tiesi wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 09:59:58AM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 02:07:06AM +0200, Gianluigi Tiesi wrote:
> > > 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
> > 
> > You distribute MPlayer (and thus FFmpeg) yourself, you should really
> > know better.  It's disheatening to see how few people seem to have
> > actually read the (L)GPL.  Now please go back and read it, thanks.
> 
> If the source is unmodified a link should be enough, please
> don't tell me that I need to put online svn exports on
> each binary release :)

I tell you that you should read the GPL, because you seem to have missed
all the important parts.

Diego