[FFmpeg-trac] #5265(undetermined:new): SmartCutter violates FFmpeg license
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Tue Feb 23 20:46:52 CET 2016
#5265: SmartCutter violates FFmpeg license
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Reporter: Lazza | Type: license
Status: new | violation
Component: | Priority: normal
undetermined | Version:
Keywords: | unspecified
Blocking: | Blocked By:
Analyzed by developer: 0 | Reproduced by developer: 0
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''Note: this bug report has been adapted from a
[https://trac.mplayerhq.hu/ticket/2285 similar one] on the Mplayer trac.''
Summary of the bug: SmartCutter is a for-pay proprietary program developed
by Fame Ring. The website is: http://fame-ring.com/smart_cutter.html
The Windows executable can be easily inspected for strings showing that it
violates the license of FFMpeg and other FLOSS tools).
How to reproduce: Run this command on the "portable version" executable.
{{{
$ strings smart.exe | grep -C 2 -i "enable-gpl"
[...]
--enable-gpl --enable-postproc
libavcodec license: GPL version 2 or later
Found %i unreleased buffers!
--
Picture size %ux%u is invalid
IMGUTILS
--enable-gpl --enable-postproc
libavutil license: GPL version 2 or later
[...]
}}}
Fame Ring does not provide GPL information related to the tools used, nor
they release the source code.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/5265>
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