[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] faad2 version 2.5 support, second try

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 12:36:45PM +0100, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski wrote:
[...]
> > > > The statement above defines what appropriate is which is an additional
> > > > restriction if the legal meaning of appropriate is "wider" than this.
> > > 
> > > Wider than what?
> > 
> > wider than the license text of FAAD2
> > 
> > assume the law would say that a reference to a README is appropriate copyright
> > statement for used libs then the text of the FAAD2 license is an additional
> > restriction
> 
> We're not talking about your assumptions here. Is there a law thay says that
> or isn't there? AFAIK there isn't, but my knowledge is admittedly limited.

iam not a lawyer but

either
A. we violate the GPL by not providing copyright statements for all the libs
   we use

or

B. asking for such a explicit statement is an additional restriction

again IANAL thats just MHO


> 
> > > > Also an appropriate copyright statement for ffmpeg is certainly not
> > > > "Code from FAAD2 is copyright (c) Nero AG, www.nero.com", that might be
> > > > part of it but its not alone on its own appropriate
> > > 
> > > Why do you say it is not appropriate? What would you consider appropriate?
> > 
> > 
> > currently ffmpeg prints
> > FFmpeg version SVN-r11520, Copyright (c) 2000-2008 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
> > 
> > following would not be appropriate:
> > FFmpeg version SVN-r11520, Code from FAAD2 is copyright (c) Nero AG, www.nero.com
> > 
> > but that is what the license requires if taken litterally IMHO/IANAL
> 
> Not in my opinion. IIUC all they want is to be credited as Nero AG, wherever the GPL
> says you must put those credits.

that would be fine i guess

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