[FFmpeg-user] Can I use FFmpeg.exe command line in my proprietary software

Reindl Harald h.reindl at thelounge.net
Sun Aug 7 14:30:12 CEST 2011



Am 07.08.2011 14:23, schrieb Prashant Rathi:
> Hi FFMpeg Users,
>
> 1)      Is it allowed to use FFMpeg.exe (build with GPL enabled)command line
> tool from proprietary software?
>
> 2)      Can I distribute this FFMpeg.exe command line tool with my
> proprietary software? 
>
> Please  provide answers to above two queries..

just think a second about what GPL means
do you touch ffmpeg or include any headers?
no you do not if you call it only via CLI

http://www.ffmpeg.org/legal.html



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