On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Art Clarke <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 8:22 AM, Ronald S. Bultje <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Marcelo Celta >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi my name is marcelo and I'm a programmer. And I have some questions to >>> do.. >>> 1 . I understood that I cannot sell my software that is using the ffmpeg, >>> is this true ? >> >> No (makes q2 irrelevant). > > I'm pretty sure that's incorrect. GPL means you must distribute your > source code, but does not stop you from selling it. GPL doesn't > restrict you from doing anything with your code except (a) you must > release the source and (b) you may not place restrictions on those > using your source except for the fact that they must release their > source. It just means that those who don't want to buy your software > can get the source code for free. Sorry, one clarification: GPL requires you must distribute your source code FOR FREE. Although you can sell "packaged versions" of the program, provided all source is also release for free.
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