[FFmpeg-user] I want to use FFmpeg in commercial product. Who do I need to contact?

Carl Eugen Hoyos ceffmpeg at gmail.com
Wed Mar 11 18:06:52 EET 2020


Am Mi., 11. März 2020 um 17:05 Uhr schrieb Carl Zwanzig <cpz at tuunq.com>:
>
> On 3/11/2020 8:40 AM, Ted Park wrote:
> > I’m just curious, but if this kind of question was posed to a
> > less-than-scrupulous party, and they sell the querier a compatible binary
> > and source with the GPL license, is there any way to be recompensed if
> > he/she finds out it could have been obtained for free later on?
> There are a few cases where the authors of Busybox sued and won over
> inclusion in a product and binary distribution in violation of the GPL (2, I
> think). That was a bit easier as there were only a couple of people involved.

They sued because no source code was provided, the question was if
you are allowed to charge money for providing a binary of free software.
(You are allowed)

Carl Eugen


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