We'll consult on the mailing list of FFmpeg and clear this license thing as soon as possible.
2009/7/26 Bill Stoddard <[email protected]> > Ping Chen wrote: > >> Hi, Kevin >> >> FFmpeg consist both GPL'ed and LGPL'ed codecs/formats. The libavcodec >> used in Bluesky Realclass system is LGPL-licensed (see this >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libavcodec ) while the libavformat contains >> both GPL'ed and LGPL'ed files. For details you can see this >> >> http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2006-September/014792.html. >> >> >> regards, >> Arthur >> >> >> 2009/7/26 Samuel Kevin <[email protected]> >> >> >> >>> Hi, Bill: >>> Do you mean that whether license of FFmpeg voilate ASL depends on >>> which >>> way users compile FFmpeg , GPL or LGPL? >>> regards, >>> Kevin >>> >>> >>> >> > GPL code is always unacceptable for ASF projects. If ffmpeg includes any > of the GPL codecs, then ASF code cannot have dependencies on ffmpeg. > > Whether LGPL is acceptable or not depends on how the LGPL code is linked > into the ASF code and build time. ASF projects can do dynamic (runtime) > linking to LGPL code. ASF projects cannot statically link to LGPL code. > > Bill > -- Bowen Ma a.k.a Samuel Kevin @ Bluesky Dev Team XJTU Shaanxi Province Key Lab. of Satellite and Terrestrial Network Tech http://incubator.apache.org/bluesky/
