[MPlayer-users] GPL question

[Jon Hood]

Looking through the "codecs" directory, there are an awful lot of projects
that were being linked to. Thanks for the clarification on the
mplayer/mencoder details. I'd really like someone with more knowledge in
this area to look at the software and the codecs used, if that's possible.

On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 2:35 PM, Reimar Döffinger
<Reimar.Doeffinger at gmx.de>wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 02:08:56PM -0500, Jon Hood wrote:
> > Since mplayer is under the GPL, according to my understanding, including
> it
> > in a program, such as Giveaway of the Day's current clone2go software,
> > without releasing the derived product under the GPL is a violation. Is
> this
> > understanding correct?
>
> That depends on what your idea of a "derived product" is.
>
> > Installer from Giveaway of the Day installs mplayer.exe, mencoder.exe,
> and
> > ffmpeg. The attached about page is displayed.
>
> As long as it is separate binaries that is usually considered a "mere
> aggregation".
> Even a frontend calling them via the command line is not considered a
> "derived
> work" under the GPL. Which is the case for "intrusive" ways which still do
> not
> involve direct linking probably will only be decidable by a judge.
> Obviously the license for MPlayer itself etc. must still be respected, i.e.
> a copy of the GPL must be included, source must be either included/at the
> same
> location or an offer for the source code must be included.
> Either way, reading the GPL and the GPL FAQ are good ideas if you want to
> know
> for sure. Not everything is "obvious" about the GPL, but it is a quite
> readable
> document (very much so compared to e.g. all EULAs).
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