[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] configure: Change license required for NewTek SDK

Hendrik Leppkes h.leppkes at gmail.com
Wed Feb 14 14:45:18 EET 2018


On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 1:32 PM, Kyle Schwarz <zeranoe at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 7:20 AM, Carl Eugen Hoyos <ceffmpeg at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 2018-02-14 13:12 GMT+01:00 Kyle Schwarz <zeranoe at gmail.com>:
>>> On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 6:54 AM, Carl Eugen Hoyos <ceffmpeg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 2018-02-14 12:21 GMT+01:00 Kyle Schwarz <zeranoe at gmail.com>:
>>>> Sorry, I wasn't immediately able to find the sources for the
>>>> ndi library: Please post a link.
>>>
>>> The only official way I know to get the SDK is by providing them with
>>> an email when selecting "Download": https://www.newtek.com/ndi/sdk/
>>
>> Do you have the sources that allow to build the library "ndi" (that
>> FFmpeg links against), to change it and redistribute it?
>
> No, the library comes pre built in the SDK.

If you need to link against a proprietary binary, then the resulting
binary is no longer GPL compatible, and as such non-free, no matter
the license of the headers.

- Hendrik


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