On 2 Jun 2009, at 02:58, Chris DiBona wrote:
One participant quoted one of the examples from the LGPL 2.1, which says "For example, if a patent license would not permit royalty-free redistribution of the Library by all those who receive copies directly or indirectly through you, then the only way you could satisfy both it and this License would be to refrain entirely from distribution of the Library."
I'm still unclear as to how this does not apply to Chrome's case. If I get a copy of Chrome, you are bound (by the LGPL) to provide me with a copy of the source ffmpeg, and I must be able to redistribute that in either binary or source form. I would, however, get in trouble for not having paid patent fees for doing so. Hence, as that example concludes, you cannot distribute ffmpeg whatsoever.
-- Geoffrey Sneddon <http://gsnedders.com/>
