[FFmpeg-devel] voddler.com is in violation of GPL

Kostya kostya.shishkov
Sun Oct 25 07:57:58 CET 2009


On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 07:06:15AM +0100, Andreas ?man wrote:
> Andreas ?man wrote:
>> Fredrik Persson wrote:
>>> www.voddler.com is a swedish movie streaming company whose client
>>> seems to incorporate ffmpeg and/or mplayer parts. They do require that
>>> the end user accepts the GPL license agreement, but they do not
>>> provide the source code. They state in their forum that it will be
>>> published on their website "soon", but the software has been available
>>> for several months now.
>>>
>>> The client in question is downloadable to those who have an account on
>>> their site, which is gained by aquiring a beta invite. Such invites
>>> has been given out in non-significant numbers (my estimate is
>>> thousands) and are available to the general public through an
>>> undisclosed random process.
>>>
>>> The client is scheduled for general public access within the time
>>> frame of 6 - 12 months. However, the GPL violation takes place right
>>> now.
>>>
>>> I have the client software and I am willing to provide it
>>> ffmpeg/mplayer developers if you need it in order to track this
>>> violation.
>>
>> Jag tar g?rna en titt p? det.
>>
>> Btw, Antar att du ?r svensk? :)
>>
>
> Hm, this was obviously meant as a non-list reply.

Det g?r bra. M?nga developerar f?rst?r svenska, tror jag.



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