New submission from Alexander Sulfrian <[email protected]>:
I downloaded the current version of "UltraStar" located at
http://www.ultrastargame.com/download/stable/UltraStar-0.8.2.exe (size
14467849, md5sum 90155f9a996f554927d7e9cc5b3ba8c6) and installed it.
It installes files named avcodec-52.dll, avformat-52.dll, avutil-50.dll
and swscale-0.dll. Below are some of the strings found in these files:
avcodec-52.dll: This software is derived from the GNU GPL XviD codec
(1.1.0).
avcodec-52.dll: Lavc52.32.0
avcodec-52.dll: libx264 H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10
avformat-52.dll: Lavf52.36.0
I could find no mention of FFmpeg on the product's web site.
Product is released under a freeware license but it is not open source.
No sources of FFmpeg included. (License attached)
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files: Freeware License.txt
messages: 12516
priority: normal
status: new
substatus: new
title: Possible license violation by "ultrastargame.com"
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