[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] VP8 de/encode via libvpx

[Ronald S. Bultje]

Hi,

On May 19, 2010, at 7:38 PM, Uoti Urpala <uoti.urpala at pp1.inet.fi>  
wrote:

> On Thu, 2010-05-20 at 00:20 +0100, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
>> James Zern <jzern at google.com> writes:
>>> + *  necessarily infringed by this implementation of VP8. If You  
>>> or your
>>> + *  agent or exclusive licensee institute or order or agree to the
>>> + *  institution of patent litigation against any entity  
>>> (including a
>>> + *  cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that this
>>> + *  implementation of VP8 or any code incorporated within this
>>> + *  implementation of VP8 constitutes direct or contributory patent
>>> + *  infringement, or inducement of patent infringement, then any  
>>> rights
>>> + *  granted to You under this License for this implementation of  
>>> VP8
>>> + *  shall terminate as of the date such litigation is filed.
>>> + */
>>
>> This licence is probably not compatible with the GPL, specifically
>> clauses 6 and 7:
>
> If you're talking about the patent clause, then I think it's not
> compatible with GPL 2 but probably is compatible with GPL 3.

Doesn't v3 require a grace period?...

Ronald