On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 07:09:50PM +0200, Kevin Kofler wrote: > > But it leads to the strange situation that we can recommend to install > > ffmpeg if it is bundled with some proprietary software, but cannot do so > > if it is part of a free software repository. > Considering that FFmpeg is LGPL-licensed, I think recommending proprietary > software that uses FFmpeg exposes us to significant legal risk, because, as > far as I can tell, the LGPL is incompatible with proprietary patent > licenses. So I do not see how that proprietary software can be complying at > the same time with the LGPL and the patent license.
Let's please not speculate what may or may not expose us to risk. -- Matthew Miller <mat...@fedoraproject.org> Fedora Project Leader _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
