[FFmpeg-devel] GP License question

[Aaron Boxer]

On Mar 22, 2016 8:59 AM, "Hendrik Leppkes" <h.leppkes at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 1:47 PM, Aaron Boxer <boxerab at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Hendrick
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 8:19 AM, Hendrik Leppkes <h.leppkes at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 1:12 PM, Aaron Boxer <boxerab at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Hello,
> >> >
> >> > I am developing a jpeg 2000 codec licensed under Affero GPL.
> >> > If I were to integrate this into FFMpeg, would I then have to
> >> > re-release FFMpeg under Affero GPL ?
> >> >
> >>
> >> AGPL is evil, please keep it out of FFmpeg.
> >>
> >
> > Would you mind telling me more about why you feel AGPL is evil ?
> >
>
> The problem with a license like the AGPL is that its inherently
> incompatible with anything else.
> Heck, you couldn't even build a non-free build with AGPL components,
> because non-free only governs distribution of the binary, but AGPL has
> extra conditions for things like being reachable over the network.
>
> Its a nightmare to combine with anything else.
>

Thanks. What is a non-free build?

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