[Ffmpeg-devel] Files with missing license header

[Måns Rullgård]

Diego Biurrun said:
> On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 01:52:48PM +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote:
>> On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 01:25:32PM +0100, Alex Beregszaszi wrote:
>> > tests/
>> >   audiogen.c
>> >     added by Fabrice (glantau), no license indication
>> >   rotozoom.c
>> >     added by Sebastian Bechet, says GPLv2, but no license header
>> >   videogen.c
>> >     added by Fabrice (glantau), no license indication
>>
>> I'm not sure about these files.  GPLv2 (only) is not so good, we have
>> GPLv2 or later in all other files.
>
> The files written by Fabrice are probably OK to be put under LGPL, he is
> a proponent of that license himself.  I'll send a mail to Sebastien
> Bechet to see if he is willing to relicense it as GPLv2+ or LGPL.

Why is GPLv2 only a problem?

Personally, I can't understand how anyone can give someone else carte blanche
to change the license terms of his/her software.

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