[FFmpeg-devel] GP License question

[Ismail Donmez]

On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 2:44 PM, Aaron Boxer <boxerab at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Carl,
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 8:32 AM, Carl Eugen Hoyos <cehoyos at ag.or.at> wrote:
>
>> Aaron Boxer <boxerab <at> gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > I am developing a jpeg 2000 codec licensed under Affero GPL.
>>
>> Why don't you work on fixing the remaining issues with
>> FFmpeg's implementation instead?
>>
>
> That would be OpenJPEG.  I have made quite a few contributions to OpenJPEG.
> For a number of reason which I don't want to bore you with, I decided to
> fork the project.
>
> Now, since parts of FFMpeg are licensed under GPL 2, and usage of them
> flips the license to GPL 2,
> it seems to me that adding an Affero component should not be a big deal.
>
> Or am I wrong?  Someone mentioned EVIL :)

AGPL is incompatible with GPLv2:

"Please note that the GNU AGPL is not compatible with GPLv2. It is
also technically not compatible with GPLv3 in a strict sense: you
cannot take code released under the GNU AGPL and convey or modify it
however you like under the terms of GPLv3, or vice versa. However, you
are allowed to combine separate modules or source files released under
both of those licenses in a single project, which will provide many
programmers with all the permission they need to make the programs
they want. See section 13 of both licenses for details."

See https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#AGPLv3.0