Hi Josh,
On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 9:30 AM, Josh de Kock <j...@itanimul.li> wrote: > On 04/04/2016 14:21, Aaron Boxer wrote: > > All of your arguments could be applied equally to GPL v3 components. And > > yet, > > FFmpeg is happy to allow distribution under GPL v3. So, I don't see what > > the problem is here. > The problem is AGPL can make certain builds of FFmpeg _unusable_, it's a > pain to work with. Most of all, people just don't want AGPL in FFmpeg. > As wm4 said: "If you really want your lib to be useful, you should > relicense it to LGPL2.1 or later". > > > > Yes, Google has a no-AGPL policy, so they won't be able to use it. I am > > sure they will > > survive somehow without my J2k codec. > A lot of people could survive without it. In-fact, I reckon everyone who > is currently using FFmpeg could. > > On 04/04/2016 14:24, Aaron Boxer wrote: > > Of course, it is not my place to say what should happen with the > > project. > > I just want to make sure everyone understands the issues involved > > before making a decision. > I'm almost 100% sure they do, I think it's you who rather doesn't > understand the issues involved with putting AGPL into FFmpeg. > You are right, I don't understand. So far, nobody has provided a reasonable explanation for why AGPL is not acceptable, while GPL v3 is. Someone has mentioned the extra effort required to make the source available over the network. I would be happy to work on this. The only other possible explanation is that people would like to make use of the GPLv3 loophole whereby one can use GPL v3 code over the network and not be required to make code modifications available. Google, for example, which makes its $$ on closed services that use GPL code, clearly will not tolerate AGPL. So, is this the reason why some are opposed to AGPL ? There is nothing wrong with this, it is allowed by the license, just want to be clear. Anyways, I am happy to maintain my two-line fork of FFmpeg if this patch is not accepted. And, by the way, these changes will be needed in the future when OpenJPEG releases its next version, or FFmpeg will not work with OpenJPEG dynamic builds. Kind Regards, Aaron > > Josh > > > _______________________________________________ > ffmpeg-devel mailing list > ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org > http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel > > _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel
