[Libav-user] Getting to grips with ffmpeg

[John Dexter]

On 5 February 2012 16:38, Carl Eugen Hoyos <cehoyos at ag.or.at> wrote:

> John Dexter <jdxsolutions at ...> writes:
>
> > 2. I had some concerns reading about the legal side, GPL and LGPL. Our
> > software is totally closed source and while we use LGPL libraries, it
> > sounded like some parts of ffmpeg are GPL-only. Will this realistically
> > affect me
>
> It is your choice if you compile FFmpeg with support for GPL-parts
> (which makes the whole library GPL and forbids linking against your
> proprietary application) or without.
> So only you know if it affects you or not.
>

I was aware some parts are GPL only and you can compile without those
parts... but the legal page doesn't say which, and whether they 'matter'.
But you follow on with


> (Or in other words: It will only affect you if you want H264 encoding
> but are not willing to buy a commercial x264 license.)
>

So is that the only major restriction? It sounds fairly major since I'm
fairly sure our client demands H264 as the primary format. It's hardly part
of ffmpeg I know, but any clarification what I can['t] do here would be
awesome so I can clearly explain why (if) I can't provide what they
consider the standard. Feel free to direct me elsewhere to discuss that
topic.

>
> Please consider reading the License Compliance Checklist on
> http://ffmpeg.org/legal.html and if you think anything is not
> clear on this page, please report!
>

Since you mention it, I would prefer a list of what I MUST do and a list of
what you PREFER I do, in terms of open-source etiquette :)


Thanks!
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