[FFmpeg-devel] Support master branch of OpenJPEG and Grok J2K codecs

[Hendrik Leppkes]

On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 2:49 PM, Aaron Boxer <boxerab at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 5:37 AM, Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc>
> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Apr 03, 2016 at 05:31:25PM -0400, Aaron Boxer wrote:
>> > Hi Folks,
>> >
>> > Here is a small patch to get FFmpeg working with both OpenJPEG master and
>> > Grok master, for J2K support.  The comment on the commit has all of the
>> > details; the main change is to remove the OPJ_STATIC flag from configure,
>> > so that FFmpeg can be configured with a dynamic build of both codecs.
>> >
>>
>> > I also want to reiterate that because FFmpeg can be distributed under GPL
>> > v3, and Grok is licensed under the AGPL, there are no licensing issues
>> > regarding distributing FFmpeg together with Grok.
>>
>> FFmpeg support a wide varity of network protools, from low level
>> tcp&udp to higher level http, ftp, rtp, rtsp, rtmp, mms, ...
>>
>> the AGPL requires "if you modify the Program, your modified version must
>> prominently offer all users interacting with it remotely through a computer
>> network (if your version supports such interaction) an opportunity to
>> receive the Corresponding Source of your version by providing access to the
>> Corresponding Source from a network server at no charge, through some
>> standard or customary means of facilitating copying of software."
>>
>> yet you here suggest to link AGPL software to GPL where the GPL sw
>> will not offer any source though any of its quite numerous network
>> interfaces
>>
>> Iam no lawyer so i dont know if you can do that or not but
>> either the combination needs to offer source code through its network
>> protocols or you just suggested to circumvent your own licenses main
>> point
>>
>>
> Here is clarification from the horse's mouth AKA FSF:

You should understand one thing:
For us, its not really about if its legally possible to link to such a
library, but if we want to open the door to such licensed libraries.
And the answer to that question seems to go in favor of no.

- Hendrik