New submission from Jon Hood <[email protected]>: Aiseesoft is using FFmpeg without distributing sources. Their video converter is featured on giveaway of the day today. Their website is at http://www.aiseesoft.com/ but appears to be foreign-based.
>From the install of the product: $ strings avcodec-52.dll This software is derived from the GNU GPL XviD codec (1.1.0). $ strings convert.dll configuration: --disable-static --enable-shared --enable-gpl --en able-version3 --enable-nonfree --enable-pthreads --disable-network --disable-ipv 6 --disable-mpegaudio-HP --enable-gray --enable-memalign-hack --enable-libfaac - -enable-libfaad --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopenjpeg --enabl e-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enab le-libxvid --enable-libx264 --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrw b --extra-cflags='-fno-common -DWINDOWS' --extra-libs='-ldvdnav -ldvdread -ldvdc ss' $ strings preview.dll configuration: --disable-static --enable-shared --enable-gpl --en able-version3 --enable-nonfree --enable-pthreads --disable-network --disable-ipv 6 --disable-mpegaudio-HP --enable-gray --enable-memalign-hack --enable-libfaac - -enable-libfaad --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopenjpeg --enabl e-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enab le-libxvid --enable-libx264 --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrw b --extra-cflags='-fno-common -DWINDOWS' --extra-libs='-ldvdnav -ldvdread -ldvdc ss' I have also mentioned other violations that appear, including to the memtest86 project and Qt project: $ strings avformat-52.dll (www.memtest86.com). At the time of writing it is free (GPLd). $ strings QtGui4.dll <p>Qt is a C++ toolkit for cross-platform application development.</ p><p>Qt provides single-source portability across MS Windows, Mac OS&n bsp;X, Linux, and all major commercial Unix variants. Qt is also available for e mbedded devices as Qt for Embedded Linux and Qt for Windows CE.</p><p>Qt is avai lable under three different licensing options designed to accommodate the needs of our various users.</p><p>Qt licensed under our commercial license agreement i s appropriate for development of proprietary/commercial software where you do no t want to share any source code with third parties or otherwise cannot comply wi th the terms of the GNU LGPL version 2.1 or GNU GPL version 3.0.</p><p>Qt licens ed under the GNU LGPL version 2.1 is appropriate for the development of Qt appli cations (proprietary or open source) provided you can comply with the terms and conditions of the GNU LGPL version 2.1.</p><p>Qt licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.0 is appropriate for the development of Qt applications where you wish to use such applications in combination with software subject to the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.0 or where you are otherwise willing to comp ly with the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.0.</p><p>Please see <a href="http://q t.nokia.com/products/licensing">qt.nokia.com/products/licensing</a> for an overv iew of Qt licensing.</p><p>Copyright (C) 2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsi diary(-ies).</p><p>Qt is a Nokia product. See <a href="http://qt.nokia.com/";>qt. nokia.com</a> for more information.</p> ---------- messages: 12991 priority: normal status: new substatus: new title: Aiseesoft GPL Violations type: bug ________________________________________________ FFmpeg issue tracker <[email protected]> <https://roundup.ffmpeg.org/issue2433> ________________________________________________
