Re: legal question about distribution of xvid

ok, ok, you are right, I am wrong

2007/11/29, Wim Deblauwe <[email protected]>:
>
> Are you sure about this? This is what the faq says:
>
> Can I distribute Xvid together with my proprietary program?
>
> If your program calls Xvid functionality upon run-time it's a derived work
> and hence, the terms of the GPL apply to the work as a whole including
> your
> program. So no, you cannot distribute Xvid together with your proprietary
> program then. If you want to distribute, you'll have to publish your
> program
> under the GPL as well. That also requires e.g. the provision of the full
> apps source code. Refer to the GPL license text for more information.
>
>
>
> 2007/11/29, 赵宇龙 <[email protected]>:
> >
> > Seems you needn't make your application GPL if you only call the APIs of
> > xvid, except you make use of the source code of it.
> >
> > 2007/11/29, Wim Deblauwe <[email protected]>:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Since XviD is GPL, I need to make my application also GPL if I
> directly
> > > call
> > > XviD from my application. However, in the following cases, does GPL
> > apply
> > > also?
> > >
> > > 1) I make the XviD installer part of my installer. Windows Media
> Player
> > > will
> > > then use the XviD codec to display movies. WMP is started through my
> > > application.
> > >
> > > 2) Same as 1) but now I just provide a download link for XviD so they
> > have
> > > to get it of the internet and not the actual codec.
> > >
> > > So I never call XviD directly, but I start a media player from my
> > > application that does.
> > >
> > > kind regards,
> > >
> > > Wim
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