Info || Non-Lethal Applications <info@...> writes: > On 11 Jan 2016, at 12:47, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote: > Info || Non-Lethal Applications <info <at> ...> writes: > > I have a question about the DNxHD/VC-3 decoder included > > in libavcodec. I’d like to use it in a commercial > > product and I’m not sure if this is allowed. > > What makes you think that we distribute software that we > don't want you to use? > > My point is not that I’m not allowed to use it at all > but the part COMMERCIAL.
As said: FFmpeg is (only) distributed under the terms of the LGPL. The LGPL does not allow to restrict "usage" of the software except that you have to agree to the no-warranty clause to be allowed to use it. The LGPL restricts distribution though. Neither for usage nor for distribution does it matter if you have a commercial interest or not. [...] > Can you or anyone else tell me how this “patent > license” is handled with FFmpeg and LGPL? We (the FFmpeg developers) do not know anything about patent licenses: Neither have we read it nor we know what it says. I don't think anybody on this mailing list can answer your question, please ask your lawyer. Carl Eugen _______________________________________________ Libav-user mailing list [email protected] http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/libav-user
