> you still have to comply with the LGPL's rules on making the source code and > build details available
But do not fall into another extreme, your server should not provide an alternative branch for FFmpeg development. Keep a snapshot of the exact state of the LGPL code you've linked against available, but also provide instructions how you arrived to this from the source tree available @ffmpeg.org. This way, if someone wants to apply a new version of the library, he/she will not need to start with reverse engineering your build process. Alex Cohn On Wednesday, June 8, 2011, Phil Turmel <[email protected]> wrote: > On 06/08/2011 02:24 AM, Hendrik Leppkes wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 2:19 AM, Soltic Lucas <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> From what you say, I suppose I shouldn't even care for that kind of issue, >>> and should statically link my library against FFmpeg, as LGPL is not a >>> problem to me. Actually I'm getting a bit lost between those who say it's >>> possible, and those who say it's not (easily). >>> >> >> If your code is (L)GPL itself, then you really don't need to worry >> about this much. Include the GPL license file, mention that you're >> using ffmpeg under the (L)GPL, and link it the way you prefer to. You >> should probably mention against which version your program was linked, >> and provide any changes you applied to ffmpeg (if any at all). > > This is very bad advice, IMO. If you distribute FFmpeg with your > application, even if your application is open source, you still have to > comply with the LGPL's rules on making the source code and build details > available. Even if ffmpeg.org ceases to exist in the future. Or they prune > their archives, deleting the specific version you shipped. On top of that, > you would be hijacking the download bandwidth of ffmpeg's server to meet > another projects' obligations. > > Phil > _______________________________________________ > Libav-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/libav-user > _______________________________________________ Libav-user mailing list [email protected] http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/libav-user
