you may see the GNU GPL in detail on <A href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html</A> <BR><BR><B><I>The Video Genie <videogenie@hotmail.com></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">I am really thankful for the information. I am specially thankful for the <BR>licensing information. Can you or anybody infrom about licencing issues of <BR>h264?<BR><BR>Kind Regards<BR>The Video Genie<BR><BR><BR>>From: Nabeel Iqbal <NABEELIQBALUS@YAHOO.COM><BR>>Reply-To: x264-devel@videolan.org<BR>>To: x264-devel@videolan.org<BR>>Subject: [x264-devel] Re: Legal Status<BR>>Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 04:27:44 -0700 (PDT)<BR>><BR>>x264 is distributed under GPL licence and according to this just changing <BR>>the naming convention does't mean the different code. many tools are <BR>>available to analyse such kind of violations. moreover if any software
<BR>>include the open source module in their software then this whole new <BR>>software has to be under GPL . companies don't do this kindly of things <BR>>becuase the legal penalties could lead the liquadation of compnay (very <BR>>high price for any company)<BR>><BR>>farooq Ahmad <VIDEOGENIE@HOTMAIL.COM>wrote: What will be the legal status <BR>>of companies that just modify naming<BR>>conventions for variables as well as functions but keep similar code<BR>>structure? Will that code be considered their proprietary implementation?<BR>>What are the licensing issues in using x264 current implementation.<BR>><BR>>Regards<BR>>The Video Genie<BR>><BR>>_________________________________________________________________<BR>>Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE!<BR>>http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/<BR>><BR>>--<BR>>This is the x264-devel
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