[FFmpeg-devel] Fw: ffmpeg GPL violation

Måns Rullgård mans
Fri Sep 26 19:12:12 CEST 2008


"Ramiro Polla" <ramiro.polla at gmail.com> writes:

> On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 12:09 PM, Francesco Cosoleto <cosoleto at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Michael Niedermayer wrote:
>>  > ----- Forwarded message from AquaVit <XXX>-----
>>>
>>> From: AquaVit <XXX>
>> [...]
>>> VoltaicHD 1.5 for Mac OS X
>>> http://shedworx.com/volmac-home
>>>
>>> The program has a EULA that doesn't mention the GPL or ffmpeg. The program
>>> has a number of files buried in the Resources directory (choose "Show
>>> Contents"). One file is called Voltaic_c. This Voltaic_c *IS* ffmpeg.
>>> Voltaic_c converts files using a very familiar cli syntax:
>>
>> I have sent an email and they have replied. They promise to add credits,
>> LGPL license, source code and put a reference to FFmpeg on the Voltaic
>> web site within a short time ("next week").
>
> So did Conceiva. "next week" for the first time. "a couple of weeks"
> two weeks later. "a couple of weeks" again two months later. I suggest
> we first add to Hall of Shame, then wait, and not the other way
> around...

+1

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