On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 19:18:31 +0100 Diego Biurrun wrote: > On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 05:56:09PM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: > > On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 05:31:54 +0100 Diego Biurrun wrote: > > > > > On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 12:22:54AM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > > > > Which license is available under? > > > > > > I would say public domain since I doubt it's copyrightable, > > > otherwise you can consider it GPL like the rest of MPlayer. > > > > Well, it depends on the FFmpeg licensing, I would say. > > No, it does not, FFmpeg is LGPL with some parts GPL, thus combined it > is GPL.
OK, but a part under the GNU LGPL stays under the GNU LGPL when it's extracted from FFmpeg. While a part under the GNU GPL will always be under the GNU GPL (both as part of FFmpeg and when it's taken out). > Look at the file in question, it's just a handful of defines, > that's not copyrightable. I've not yet seen the file taken from FFmpeg, so I cannot comment on its copyrightability. Take into account that determining whether something is or is not copyrighted can be a hard task and (except for obvious cases) really requires a good lawyer to be sure. Unfortunately IANAL, so my opinion on the copyrightability of that file is not so relevant... Anyway, is there any legal notice inside the file in question, so that we can be on the safe side, should it turn out to be copyrighted? -- But it is also tradition that times *must* and always do change, my friend. -- from _Coming to America_ ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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