[MPlayer-dev-eng] helix codecs

[Greg Wright]

Enrico Weigelt wrote:
> * Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski <dominik at rangers.eu.org> schrieb:
> 
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>> Wouldn't linking against non-GPL/LGPL .so's violate MPlayer's license (GPL)?
> 
> hmm, I don't think so. The (L)GPL defines limits where the code may 
> be used, ie. what license some code must have when it wants to use
> (-> import) certain code under (L)GPL, but I don't think it doesn't
> say anything about what kind of code an (L)GPL project may use.
> 
> I didn't check it against the license text yet, but IMHO I dont think so.
> 
> The question is: does the helix license allow the codecs to be 
> included in (L)GPL'ed applications ?

I work a lot with Helix but am no license expert. I think a quick email
to licensing at open.helixcommunity.org would get the answers you need
though.

Here is the page with the license info on it:

    https://helixcommunity.org/content/licenses

--greg.

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