On Feb 12, 2013, at 05:03 , Phil Turmel wrote: > On 02/11/2013 04:48 PM, Video Monkey wrote: >> I realize I'm seeing legal advice on a technical forum, however I'm >> hoping there is an experienced hand willing to guide me. I'm reading >> the "License Compliance Checklist" at http://ffmpeg.org/legal.html >> and would appreciate clarification on point number 3 "Distribute the >> source code of FFmpeg, no matter if you modified it or not." Is the >> preferred method of distribution 1) instructions to the git >> repository, or 2) either a tarball or zip file? > > When you distribute, you are responsible for ensuring your customers get > the source *you* used. It's almost impossible to ensure that somebody > else's git repo carries what *you* are responsible for, and you would be > hijacking their bandwidth and server space for *your* project. That is > often tolerated if your project is also completely open source, but is > certainly frowned upon if you are a commercial operation. > > If you zip up the source and include it in your CD or download every > time you publish, you have fulfilled that requirement without stepping > on any toes.
And if you would use the precompiled .dll files from http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/ , how could you practically do that? _______________________________________________ Libav-user mailing list [email protected] http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/libav-user
