On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 5:46 PM, Samul Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the following is two posts replied to my post of consulting the legal > problem with FFmpeg
<snipping thread from legal-discuss@> > I checked the "resolved" page and found the following words: >>> > GNU LGPLThe LGPL is ineligible primarily due to the restrictions it places > on larger works, violating the third license criterion. Therefore, > LGPL-licensed works must not be included in Apache products. >>Since no other > people in legal discussion mailing list replied my post. I thought that's a > veto to use ffmpeg. If i misunderstood something , please tell me. We do > need advices to improve our work at apache. You've definitely understood things - my concern is to make sure that we've understood your use case. The question of LGPL in an Apache product is not an easy one. Can I see the source code to understand how ffmpeg is hooked in and then make sure that there is a veto on using ffmpeg? Also, referencing Luciano's reply, are there any other issues I can help with while I'm here? Thanks, Hen
