[FFmpeg-user] License FFmpeg under GPL v3

Aaron Boxer boxerab at gmail.com
Tue Mar 29 17:03:34 CEST 2016


On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 9:33 AM, Aaron Boxer <boxerab at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Mar 29, 2016 9:16 AM, "Carl Eugen Hoyos" <cehoyos at ag.or.at> wrote:
> >
> > Aaron Boxer <boxerab <at> gmail.com> writes:
> >
> > > So, if I release FFmpeg under GPL v3
> >
> > I am not sure what you mean with "release" in this
> > sentence.
> > Note that the (L)GPL (except for the no-warranty
> > clause) only covers "distribution".
>
> Yes I meant distribute FFmpeg with my codec.  So, this means my project
> would be available to all FFmpeg users
>

And furthermore, any other AGPL codec could be distributed in this fashion.

Aaron


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