[FFmpeg-devel] GP License question

[Hendrik Leppkes]

On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 1:47 PM, Aaron Boxer <boxerab at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Hendrick
>
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 8:19 AM, Hendrik Leppkes <h.leppkes at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 1:12 PM, Aaron Boxer <boxerab at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I am developing a jpeg 2000 codec licensed under Affero GPL.
>> > If I were to integrate this into FFMpeg, would I then have to
>> > re-release FFMpeg under Affero GPL ?
>> >
>>
>> AGPL is evil, please keep it out of FFmpeg.
>>
>
> Would you mind telling me more about why you feel AGPL is evil ?
>

The problem with a license like the AGPL is that its inherently
incompatible with anything else.
Heck, you couldn't even build a non-free build with AGPL components,
because non-free only governs distribution of the binary, but AGPL has
extra conditions for things like being reachable over the network.

Its a nightmare to combine with anything else.