* mpeg2dec license
@ 2014-02-17 18:50 Diego Sueiro
2014-02-17 19:13 ` Denys Dmytriyenko
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From: Diego Sueiro @ 2014-02-17 18:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: openembedded-devel
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?
Regards,
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Diego Sueiro
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* Re: mpeg2dec license
2014-02-17 18:50 mpeg2dec license Diego Sueiro
@ 2014-02-17 19:13 ` Denys Dmytriyenko
2014-02-17 19:19 ` Diego Sueiro
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From: Denys Dmytriyenko @ 2014-02-17 19:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: openembedded-devel
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
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Denys
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* Re: mpeg2dec license
2014-02-17 19:13 ` Denys Dmytriyenko
@ 2014-02-17 19:19 ` Diego Sueiro
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From: Diego Sueiro @ 2014-02-17 19:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: openembedded-devel
Hi Denys,
On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 4:13 PM, Denys Dmytriyenko <denis@denix.org> wrote:
> 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
>
Thanks for the explanation.
Regards,
--
*dS
Diego Sueiro
Administrador do Embarcados
www.embarcados.com.br
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