Hi,
I know you have probably answered this many times before, but I hope
you'll bear with me.
I'm writing a freeware product for Windows where I'd like to use FFmpeg
for video conversion. Video conversion is a nice extra, but not the main
feature of the program (that's video downloading).
I cannot open-source my program due to other commercial libraries used
in it.
Now, I can use either the LGPL or GPL version of FFmpeg. I'd like to use
some of the GPL features, but want to make sure I'm allowed to do so.
FSF says dynamically linking GPL code into a closed source product MAY
be OK (mine would probably be seen as what they call a "borderline
case"):
http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLInProprietarySystem
I'd use the http://www.delphiffmpeg.com components to make the
communication simpler. I configure those components, and they call the
FFmpeg code.
I want to comply with your license, so please let me know what the
FFmpeg project's view on this is.
So, can I use the GPL'ed FFmpeg version as a Windows DLL in a free,
closed source program? Would it make a difference using an executable
version of FFmpeg.exe which I call via ShellExecute?
Thanks for any advice you can give me.
Best Regards,
Brian
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