[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] VP8 de/encode via libvpx

Uoti Urpala uoti.urpala
Thu May 20 01:38:29 CEST 2010


On Thu, 2010-05-20 at 00:20 +0100, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> James Zern <jzern at google.com> writes:
> > + *  necessarily infringed by this implementation of VP8. If You or your
> > + *  agent or exclusive licensee institute or order or agree to the
> > + *  institution of patent litigation against any entity (including a
> > + *  cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that this
> > + *  implementation of VP8 or any code incorporated within this
> > + *  implementation of VP8 constitutes direct or contributory patent
> > + *  infringement, or inducement of patent infringement, then any rights
> > + *  granted to You under this License for this implementation of VP8
> > + *  shall terminate as of the date such litigation is filed.
> > + */
> 
> This licence is probably not compatible with the GPL, specifically
> clauses 6 and 7:

If you're talking about the patent clause, then I think it's not
compatible with GPL 2 but probably is compatible with GPL 3.




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