[FFmpeg-devel] voddler.com is in violation of GPL

Andreas Öman andreas
Sun Oct 25 07:06:15 CET 2009


Andreas ?man wrote:
> Fredrik Persson wrote:
>> www.voddler.com is a swedish movie streaming company whose client
>> seems to incorporate ffmpeg and/or mplayer parts. They do require that
>> the end user accepts the GPL license agreement, but they do not
>> provide the source code. They state in their forum that it will be
>> published on their website "soon", but the software has been available
>> for several months now.
>>
>> The client in question is downloadable to those who have an account on
>> their site, which is gained by aquiring a beta invite. Such invites
>> has been given out in non-significant numbers (my estimate is
>> thousands) and are available to the general public through an
>> undisclosed random process.
>>
>> The client is scheduled for general public access within the time
>> frame of 6 - 12 months. However, the GPL violation takes place right
>> now.
>>
>> I have the client software and I am willing to provide it
>> ffmpeg/mplayer developers if you need it in order to track this
>> violation.
> 
> Jag tar g?rna en titt p? det.
> 
> Btw, Antar att du ?r svensk? :)
> 

Hm, this was obviously meant as a non-list reply.



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