[FFmpeg-soc] Attention: FFMPEG bkeak License Agreement. You break the law

[Benjamin Larsson]

Sergey Kochetkov wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I have read this news and look at source codes.
>
> June 16, 2008) UAB "DKD" (dkd.lt) have released a Nellymoser ASAO compatible
> decoder and encoder under the LGPL. This will aid the development of a
> native encoder in FFmpeg, and right now a GSoC student is working hard on
> just that task. A great thanks to UAB "DKD" for this contribution to the
> FFmpeg community.
>
> This source codes has been created from Nellymoser Crisma product with
> license agreement broken using code-reverse, that not allow by License
> Agreement of Nellymoser Crisma. You MUST STOP USE and public this source
> codes.
>   

Swedish law explicitly allow reverse engineering for interoperability 
purposes. And so does alot of other countries also, thus that part in a 
license that has that in it is void (in Sweden at least). If you have 
any problems with that then quote the Swedish law that states otherwise.


> Sergey Kochetkov


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Benjamin Larsson