[FFmpeg-devel] Licensing question.

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

2017-12-27 20:48 GMT+01:00 Lewis Hornsby <lewishornsby at gmail.com>:
> Hey there, I saw on your facebook page that you were giving out this
> email address for enquiries regarding FFMPEG licensing.

To whoever takes care of our facebook page:
Please redirect license questions to the user mailing list.

> I am developing a closed source application in NW.JS. It is a Wordpress
> theme builder. There is a part of my application that lets people browse
> their available media. I would like to know if for something as simple as
> playback of an mp4 file in this context, I would need a licence.  The
> application does not nor ever will convert files.

(How does the application play files back without converting them?)

As Lou wrote, the FFmpeg license does not cover "playback" or
"conversion", it only covers distribution.

You don't "need" a license, FFmpeg can only be legally distributed under
the terms of the LGPL or GPL.

Carl Eugen