On Wed, 11 Mar 2020 at 17:58, Moritz Barsnick <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 10:26:27 -0400, Ted Park wrote: > > > Where can I find out the cost of a license? Who can I talk to about > signing > > > documents? > > > I think you misunderstood, ffmpeg is largely based on free software, and > you are granted the license you see when you run ffmpeg -L. > > That is the license you already have. Can you post the output of ffmpeg > -L? And if you are using the command line tool or the libraries? > > Getting different terms for use is probably impossible, though people do > offer paid support and development services. > > Please also look at the info collected here (which is not legal > advice): > https://www.ffmpeg.org/legal.html > > See also this excellent summary by Lou(?): > https://video.stackexchange.com/a/14804 > > In short (and I am not a lawyer either): > - ffmpeg isn't open for alternative licensing with a commercial license > (as far as I know). > - If you use the libav* libraries, you will have to understand whether > they fall under the GPL or the LGPL (depending on build options, > mainly) and what this implies for your program using the libraries. > - If you use the command line tools, you probably "only" need to provide > the source you used for building, and the build process, to the > customers of your product which includes ffmpeg. (This surely also > applies to the source of ffmpeg's non-system dependencies, other > licenses may apply.) > - At the same time, using ffmpeg's codecs and the likes *may* imply > license costs to other owners. See the "Patent Mini-FAQ" under said > link, especially the last question. Do consult a lawyer! > > I hope I didn't write anything totally wrong. > > Cheers, > Moritz Moritz, This response should be a wiki entry. We’ve seen multiple queries on the same topic on this list, and this response summarizes it perfectly. _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-user mailing list [email protected] https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email [email protected] with subject "unsubscribe".
