chl@iupr.net
2006-Nov-09 17:35 UTC
[theora-dev] Suspected GPL violation by Erightsoft "super"
Hi guys, the SUPER codec by Erightsoft http://www.erightsoft.net/SUPER.html contains lots of GPL and LGPL code: mplayer, ffmpeg, x264, musepack, theora, which they admit and give credit for. Still, their product is proprietary, and they insist on it. I tried to get the source through their forum, but they of course won't give it: http://www.erightsoft.net/Supforum.html I'll forward this to the different mailing lists, so you can discuss and coordinate possible action if you want. Christoph
xiphmont@xiph.org
2006-Nov-09 17:49 UTC
[theora-dev] Suspected GPL violation by Erightsoft "super"
On 10/23/06, chl@iupr.net <chl@iupr.net> wrote:> Hi guys, > > the SUPER codec by Erightsoft > > http://www.erightsoft.net/SUPER.html > > contains lots of GPL and LGPL code: > mplayer, ffmpeg, x264, musepack, theora, > which they admit and give credit for. > > Still, their product is proprietary, > and they insist on it. I tried to get > the source through their forum, but they > of course won't give it:Theora is not GPL or LGPL, it is BSD. So at least in that specific case, they are not obligated to provide source or contribute changes, only to provide attribution, which they're doing. Monty
Ralph Giles
2006-Nov-09 17:59 UTC
[theora-dev] Suspected GPL violation by Erightsoft "super"
On Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 01:17:03PM -0400, chl@iupr.net wrote:> http://www.erightsoft.net/SUPER.html > > contains lots of GPL and LGPL code: > mplayer, ffmpeg, x264, musepack, theora, > which they admit and give credit for.Note that libtheora is BSD, so while they're required to reproduce our copyright, they're not actually required to publish source. Sounds like that's the major complaint anyway. How's that going? I do see a link to all the project websites on the above page. Is that new? ffmpeg2theora is GPL though. -r