[FFmpeg-user] Question on use of ffmpeg by a not-for-profit that creates a free product

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Michael Darr <mdarr <at> acs.org> writes:

> Would I be ok using ffmpeg with the limitations 
> from my legal dept or no?

(No, IANAL.)
Please read the GPL (or LGPL, depending on which 
features of FFmpeg you need). Note that that it 
is completely irrelevant if your application is 
for-profit or not-for-profit, the limitations of 
the license(s) are the same.

Carl Eugen