On 25 Nov 2012 19:50, René J.V. Bertin <rjvber...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Why is that?
LGPL requires that the end user could rebuild ffmpeg herself and use this version instead of what you provided. Swapping DLL files is a piece of cake; with static lib you must provide your code in obj format and instructions for relinking it with upgraded ffmpeg libs. Alex > > On Nov 25, 2012, at 18:46, Alex Cohn wrote: > > > > There aren't any in the zeranoe builds. And I don't know of any other site that provides a static library for ffmpeg. > > > > And there is a good reason for that: static linkage makes LGPL compliance much harder. > > > > Alex
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