[FFmpeg-trac] #5141(undetermined:open): Eltima violates GPL

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Mon Apr 18 21:31:31 CEST 2016


#5141: Eltima violates GPL
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             Reporter:  llogan       |                    Owner:
                 Type:  license      |                   Status:  open
  violation                          |                Component:
             Priority:  normal       |  undetermined
              Version:  unspecified  |               Resolution:
             Keywords:               |               Blocked By:
             Blocking:               |  Reproduced by developer:  1
Analyzed by developer:  0            |
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Old description:

> Elmedia Player contains `ffmpeg` binary. Configure includes license
> options `--enable-gpl` and `--enable-version3`.
>
> http://mac.eltima.com/download/elmediaplayer.dmg
>
> No source code available. No copy of license.
>
> I became aware of Eltima today after receiving a message from
> allie.hawkins at eltima.com about a "profit-share scheme" where they
> suggested we send users to their site to buy their garbage.

New description:

 Elmedia Player contains `ffmpeg` binary. Configure includes license
 options `--enable-gpl` and `--enable-version3`.

 http://mac.eltima.com/download/elmediaplayer.dmg

 No source code available. No copy of license.

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Comment (by llogan):

 As Timothy_Gu mentioned, your `ffmpeg` binary uses `--enable-gpl` and
 `--enable-version3`, so you need to update `Credits.txt`, `ffmpeg.txt`,
 etc, to indicate usage of "GNU General Public License (GPL) version 3 or
 later" instead of LGPL 2.1.

 Secondly, you need to be able to provide the source code of the exact
 version of ffmpeg that you used. You have multiple choices to satisfy this
 requirement, but I assume hosting the corresponding source code and making
 it simple for anyone to find will probably be easiest for you.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/5141#comment:14>
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