[FFmpeg-devel] Bundling ffmpeg into windows application

Tobias Rapp t.rapp at noa-archive.com
Wed Nov 11 09:39:38 EET 2020


On 11.11.2020 06:50, Brian D. Pemberton wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am thinking about writing an app that bundles or includes FFmpeg to do
> some video processing. Is this allowed? If so, where can I read about the
> constraints or requirements of doing this? Also, is there anything I should
> know upfront to prepare my app licensing standpoint ahead of time?
> 

You might want to take a look at http://ffmpeg.org/legal.html first. The 
page gives details about using FFmpeg under LGPL. Note that if you 
license your app under GPL you also have the possibility for linking 
FFmpeg libraries statically.

Regards,
Tobias



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