[FFmpeg-devel] Fw: ffmpeg GPL violation

Michael Niedermayer michaelni
Fri Sep 26 20:54:24 CEST 2008


On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 06:12:12PM +0100, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> "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

I think we can wait 10days and add them then when they havnt dealt with it.
Of course we should not give them another week in case they have not.

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