From: Denys Dmytriyenko <denis@denix.org>
To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org
Subject: Re: mpeg2dec license
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 14:13:34 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140217191334.GR22890@denix.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMCfZKG5Pk5W4nuDQvTrJb1CHdrTmKNBdN2_nkOmr9PfX_0b=w@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 03:50:59PM -0300, Diego Sueiro wrote:
> Folks,
>
> Why mpeg2dec is pointing to a "commercial" license type since it's COPYING
> file and project website mentions GPLv2?
> Is there something I'm missing?
LICENSE = "GPLv2+"
LICENSE_FLAGS = "commercial"
LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=94d55d512a9ba36caa9b7df079bae19f \
file://include/mpeg2.h;beginline=1;endline=22;md5=ead62602d4638329d3b5b86a55803154"
http://cgit.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/commit/?id=43410523a07d9eb52a7d57ae3dc1cc320cbbc6f9
The code is still marked as GPLv2+, but the flag is set as commercial due to
MPEG2 licensing agreement - basically, you are required to pay licensing fees
to MPEG LA in order to use MPEG2 codec:
http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/M2/Pages/Agreement.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-2#Patent_pool
--
Denys
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-02-17 19:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-02-17 18:50 mpeg2dec license Diego Sueiro
2014-02-17 19:13 ` Denys Dmytriyenko [this message]
2014-02-17 19:19 ` Diego Sueiro
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