[x264-devel] Re: H.264 encoder

[bond]

i am only a x264 user but i dont see why a change to lgpl would help anyone
except some companies wanting to make money from x264 without having to pay
anything


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From: "Måns Rullgård" <mru at inprovide.com>
To: <x264-devel at videolan.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 4:31 PM
Subject: [x264-devel] Re: H.264 encoder


>
> Panagiotis Issaris said:
> > Hi x264 developers,
> >
> > Our current employer recently showed a strong interest for h264. More
> > specifically, they want to have an LGPL implementation of an encoder
> > preferably integrated in ffmpeg.
> >
> > x264 is using the GPL license, but I noticed a recent discussion [1] on
> > this mailinglist in which a request for a possible license change
> > was not totally rejected.
> >
> > In fact, in that discussion Laurent Aimar stated that he would not
> > object a license change if all other developers would agree on this.
> >
> > Unfortunately, only one other develop replied to that thread, stating
> > that he would agree only if it would imply that x264 would actually
> > benefit from such a license change. Meaning that it would result in
> > actual contributions to x264 and not just increasing its usage.
> >
> > What would the other developers of x264 think about a license change?
>
> I'm fine with a change to LGPL, or any other free license like BSD.
>
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