[FFmpeg-devel] voddler.com is in violation of GPL

Andreas Öman andreas
Sun Oct 25 07:05:28 CET 2009


Fredrik Persson wrote:
> www.voddler.com is a swedish movie streaming company whose client
> seems to incorporate ffmpeg and/or mplayer parts. They do require that
> the end user accepts the GPL license agreement, but they do not
> provide the source code. They state in their forum that it will be
> published on their website "soon", but the software has been available
> for several months now.
> 
> The client in question is downloadable to those who have an account on
> their site, which is gained by aquiring a beta invite. Such invites
> has been given out in non-significant numbers (my estimate is
> thousands) and are available to the general public through an
> undisclosed random process.
> 
> The client is scheduled for general public access within the time
> frame of 6 - 12 months. However, the GPL violation takes place right
> now.
> 
> I have the client software and I am willing to provide it
> ffmpeg/mplayer developers if you need it in order to track this
> violation.

Jag tar g?rna en titt p? det.

Btw, Antar att du ?r svensk? :)




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