[FFmpeg-devel] patch for a new H.264 codec

Jean-Baptiste Kempf jb at videolan.org
Mon Mar 11 18:59:08 EET 2019


On Mon, 11 Mar 2019, at 17:46, Soft Works wrote:
> I still wonder why recent discussions are often referring to GPL even 
> though ffmpeg is released under LGPL.

Because LGPL is a derivative of the GPL, unfortunately.
And there are a lot more jurisprudence on the GPL, than on the LGPL.
And LGPL has an upgradability clause to GPL.

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