[FFmpeg-devel] Licensing issue with idct_mmx.c

Michael Niedermayer michaelni at gmx.at
Wed Apr 6 00:07:24 CEST 2011


On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 09:42:13PM +0000, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
> Alexandre Colucci <alexandre <at> elgato.com> writes:
> 
> > GPL is disable so my binary doesn't contain this code.
> 
> Good (if you want/need LGPL).
> 
> > But the fact that a file containing GPL source code (even if not compiled) is
> > in my repository sounds like a major licensing issue to me.
> 
> Why?
> Please explain the problem.
> (While it is very, very unlikely, I could theoretically imagine a problem with
> the file if you distribute it, but as long as your explanation is "there is
> disabled GPL code in the same folder as my LGPL code", I don't think anybody can
> help you.)

i also see no problem with this but maybe i miss something?

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