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

[Diego Biurrun]

On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 08:52:43PM -0400, Ronald S. Bultje wrote:
>
> On May 19, 2010, at 7:38 PM, Uoti Urpala <uoti.urpala at pp1.inet.fi>  
> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> Doesn't v3 require a grace period?...

Come on, please just read the license instead of making wild claims..

Diego