[Ffmpeg-devel] [DISCUSSION] GPL violation by ratDVD?

[matthieu castet]

Gamester17 wrote:
> Is ratDVD (www.ratdvd.dk) violating the GPL?, open discussions:
> http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/215044
> http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=693256#post693256
> PS!  I will be supprised if this isn't 'slashdotted' soon =/
> 
well there was a discussion on dvd-devel ML 
(http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=7525493&forum_id=774), 
and the dvdnav authors seem don't care.
Without them you can't do anything.

Moreover as the GPL FAQ say, you can use GPL applications in your 
proprietary software if they run as external process. So there'll always 
people trying to build complex wrapper to profit of GPL software...


Matthieu