* mpeg2dec license @ 2014-02-17 18:50 Diego Sueiro 2014-02-17 19:13 ` Denys Dmytriyenko 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread 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, -- *dS Diego Sueiro Administrador do Embarcados www.embarcados.com.br /*long live rock 'n roll*/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* 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 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread 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 -- Denys ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: mpeg2dec license 2014-02-17 19:13 ` Denys Dmytriyenko @ 2014-02-17 19:19 ` Diego Sueiro 0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread 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 /*long live rock 'n roll*/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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