Thanks Edward, Yes, it is too difficult for me about IP law, I need to consult a lawyer. :) I will update the progress, when the product is once released, I will inform all of you. Zhao Liang 2009/3/13 Edward Hervey <bilboed at gmail.com> > On Fri, 2009-03-13 at 10:27 +0800, Liang Zhao wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I plan to port mpegaudioparse and asfdemux in plugin-ugly into my > > product for resale, is it reasonable? > > If you mean whether you have the right... it's LGPL, so yes :) > > > no any license/patent issues? > > Two different things: > * The software license (LGPL) : If you make any modifications, try to > push them upstream, since anybody buying your 'product' will have the > right to demand the exact source code use to build those plugins. > > * Patents. This is for container formats... and it's, to be honest, a > very tricky situation. > There are some saying you need to pay royalties (to whom?) and some > not (because container formats are trivial). But something tells me that > if there was any patents involved ... you would already be covered > considering that you must have decoders (asf without wm* decoders is > useless, and mpegaudioparse without mp3 decoder also) for which you > acquired (or are acquiring, or got the usage rights with the hardware > decoders) a usage license. > Consult a lawyer. > > > if have, after I pay the royalty, is it ok? > > The two items above are the only major items to be aware of. But as I > said, if you're making a product, you might want to consult a lawyer > specialized in that field. > > Keep us informed of your progress and show us what product it is once > it's released :) > > Edward > > > > > -- > > BRs. > > Zhao Liang > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/gstreamer-embedded/attachments/20090313/19aa405f/attachment.htm>
