[FFmpeg-trac] #4177(undetermined:open): Digimetrics Hydra Player violates the GPL
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#4177: Digimetrics Hydra Player violates the GPL
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Reporter: kierank | 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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Comment (by ericmcarson):
Digimetrics fully complies with the LGPL with the current builds of Aurora
& Hydra. We have confirmed this with our legal counsel.
The FFmpeg website states that your checklist has additional requirements
not listed in the LGPL. “The following is a checklist for LGPL compliance
when linking against the FFmpeg libraries. It is not the only way to
comply with the license, but we think it is the easiest. There are also a
few items that are not really related to LGPL compliance but are good
ideas anyway.” https://www.ffmpeg.org/legal.html.
We appreciate you think the checklist is a good idea, but Digimetrics has
licensed the LGPL, not the checklist, and has been advised by our legal
counsel that we do not need to comply with the checklist except to the
extent that the checklist requires items that specifically appear in the
LGPL. If there is a particular section of the LGPL that you believe is
violated, please identify it so we can know the basis for your complaint.
Finally, even though the LGPL does not mention EULAs, in the spirit of
cooperation and an effort to resolve this matter, the EULAs for the
Digimetrics software Aurora and Hydra have been updated to separately
identify the open source components of the Digimetrics software including
the FFmpeg libraries, and state that these can be used subject to the
rights of the owners of the open source software. The emails that
Digimetrics sends out with a hyperlink to our FTP server for file access
have been similarly amended, as have the Help, About sections of our
software. While these steps were not necessary to comply with the LGPL,
as you said, “these are good ideas anyway.”
Updated EULAs for both Aurora & Hydra are attached. We will consider this
issue resolved unless you have specific EULA sections you can point to
being non-compliant with the LGPL.
Eric Carson
CTO & Founder, Digimetrics
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