Looking through the "codecs" directory, there are an awful lot of projects that were being linked to. Thanks for the clarification on the mplayer/mencoder details. I'd really like someone with more knowledge in this area to look at the software and the codecs used, if that's possible. On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 2:35 PM, Reimar D?ffinger <Reimar.Doeffinger at gmx.de>wrote: > On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 02:08:56PM -0500, Jon Hood wrote: > > Since mplayer is under the GPL, according to my understanding, including > it > > in a program, such as Giveaway of the Day's current clone2go software, > > without releasing the derived product under the GPL is a violation. Is > this > > understanding correct? > > That depends on what your idea of a "derived product" is. > > > Installer from Giveaway of the Day installs mplayer.exe, mencoder.exe, > and > > ffmpeg. The attached about page is displayed. > > As long as it is separate binaries that is usually considered a "mere > aggregation". > Even a frontend calling them via the command line is not considered a > "derived > work" under the GPL. Which is the case for "intrusive" ways which still do > not > involve direct linking probably will only be decidable by a judge. > Obviously the license for MPlayer itself etc. must still be respected, i.e. > a copy of the GPL must be included, source must be either included/at the > same > location or an offer for the source code must be included. > Either way, reading the GPL and the GPL FAQ are good ideas if you want to > know > for sure. Not everything is "obvious" about the GPL, but it is a quite > readable > document (very much so compared to e.g. all EULAs). > _______________________________________________ > MPlayer-users mailing list > MPlayer-users at mplayerhq.hu > https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users >
