Re: Licensing question
"Mustafa Abbasi" <[email protected]> Thu, 9 Mar 2006 13:34:19 +0500
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--===============0410142027== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_1221_2402103.1141893259790" ------=_Part_1221_2402103.1141893259790 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On 3/9/06, Christoph Lampert <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Mustafa Abbasi wrote: > > On 3/9/06, Chris <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >>Hello > >> > >>I have asked this question at gnu.org but received no response > >> > >>I wish to create a media player type of application. > >> > >>according to the GPL if my app loads xvid or similar then it must be > open > >>source. > > No. GPL does not restrict the _usage_ of the codec in any kind. If a > user has XviD installed on his/her machine, your program is free to > use it. > > What you are not allowed to do is _distribute_ XviD together with a > proprietary software, i.e. make a bundle for download, have your > player's installer directly install XviD as well, include XviD code into > your code and distribute the result and so on. That kind of stuff you > are only allowed to do if your software is licensed under GPL (which > not only means opening the source, but also allowing free usage etc.). > > > i don't think so. only the section that under the gpl must be open > source > > and you MUST release the source code for that. other wise you can > non-open > > source the sections you wrote > > NO! This is wrong and a dangerous statement to make, because people > might actually believe it. You are talking about the LGPL (Lesser GPL) > license. oh sorry then. but then what is cedega licensed under. gruel > _______________________________________________ > XviD-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.xvid.org/mailman/listinfo/xvid-users > ------=_Part_1221_2402103.1141893259790 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline <br><br><div><span class=3D"gmail_quote">On 3/9/06, <b class=3D"gmail_sende= rname">Christoph Lampert</b> <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">ch= [email protected]</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" s= tyle=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8e= x; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi,<br><br>Mustafa Abbasi wrote:<br>> On 3/9/06, Chris <<a href=3D"ma= ilto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br>><br>>>= ;Hello<br>>><br>>>I have asked this question at <a href=3D"http= ://gnu.org"> gnu.org</a> but received no response<br>>><br>>>I wish to creat= e a media player type of application.<br>>><br>>>according to t= he GPL if my app loads xvid or similar then it must be open<br>>>sour= ce. <br><br>No. GPL does not restrict the _usage_ of the codec in any kind. If = a<br>user has XviD installed on his/her machine, your program is free to<br= >use it.<br><br>What you are not allowed to do is _distribute_ XviD togethe= r with a <br>proprietary software, i.e. make a bundle for download, have your<br>pla= yer's installer directly install XviD as well, include XviD code into<br>yo= ur code and distribute the result and so on. That kind of stuff you<br> are only allowed to do if your software is licensed under GPL (which<br>not= only means opening the source, but also allowing free usage etc.).<br><br>= > i don't think so. only the section that under the gpl must be open sou= rce <br>> and you MUST release the source code for that. other wise you can = non-open<br>> source the sections you wrote<br><br>NO! This is wrong and= a dangerous statement to make, because people<br>might actually believe it= . You are talking about the LGPL (Lesser GPL) <br>license.</blockquote><div><br>oh sorry then. <br>but then what is cedeg= a licensed under. <br></div><br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" sty= le=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;= padding-left: 1ex;"> gruel<br>_______________________________________________<br>XviD-users mail= ing list<br><a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><= br><a href=3D"http://list.xvid.org/mailman/listinfo/xvid-users">http://list= .xvid.org/mailman/listinfo/xvid-users </a><br></blockquote></div><br> ------=_Part_1221_2402103.1141893259790-- --===============0410142027== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ XviD-users mailing list [email protected] http://list.xvid.org/mailman/listinfo/xvid-users --===============0410142027==--