Sorry to those whom I've irritated. Thanks again.
 
> Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:13:28 +0100
> From: hlcod...@maxsi.dk
> To: hlcoders@list.valvesoftware.com
> Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Showing live action videos as TV Commercials
> 
> Brent Lewis wrote:
> > If a mod includes code from ffmpeg then it's a derivative work, and you 
> > have to make the whole of the work (the mod) available as source code - as 
> > you said. Not only is our mod a closed source mod, but modders dont have 
> > the right to redistribute the modified SDK code - which would have to be 
> > included. This is why they are incompatible.
> That is 100% correct.
> 
> My code, however, does not contain LGPL'd code. It merely links to the 
> .dll's I provided.
> 
> It is perfectly safe and compatible to link to libavcodec of the FFmpeg 
> project when using the code I provided.
> 
> The FFmpeg-related code has been in .dlls all the time. The code I use 
> is from various public domain tutorials for FFmpeg.
> 
> Linking is allowed under the GNU LGPL. Please get your facts straight 
> before you email this list, if you have any further license questions 
> feel free to contact me personally instead of on this list. Recently 50% 
> of the discussion has been license-related nonsense and people don't care.
> 
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