[x264-devel] Re: Suspected GPL violation by Erightsoft "super"

[chl at iupr.net]

Hi Tobias,

no, I'm pretty sure GPL doesn't allow this.

There's a single EXE file to download, already
that is not just "mere aggregation" anymore. For
"derivative works" it doesn't matter if you include
source code from GPLed project into your proprietary
software or bundle unmodified binaries.
I didn't look into the archive itself, because the
EULA is unacceptable. Same with the legal stuff on
the website: it states everything that you can
download is their copyright, you are not allowd to
reverse engineer or redistribute. All clearly oppsite to
GPL. There are no copies of the GPL/LGPL text, and no
source, not even for the GPLed stuff. Etc. etc.

Of course, if you're okay with that they do, that's fine.
I just wanted to let you know.

Christoph

> Hi Christoph,
>
> I did know about SUPER for some time now but never really tried it out.
> So I downloaded it today (a few minutes ago), installed and checked the
> created files. They are right about what they say in their forums. SUPER
> is only a frontend for the tools they list (mencoder, x264, etc.). You
> can check this yourself. The frontend executable itself is tiny compared
> to all the other executables that do the real work. So I doubt there is
> any stolen-from-GPL code in their project. And IIRC the GPL does allow
> all this.
>
> Regards,
> Tobias
>
>
> chl at iupr.net wrote:
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> the SUPER codec by Erightsoft
>>
>> http://www.erightsoft.net/SUPER.html
>>
>> contains lots of GPL and LGPL code:
>> mplayer, ffmpeg, x264, musepack, theora,
>> which they admit and give credit for.
>>
>> Still, their product is proprietary,
>> and they insist on it. I tried to get
>> the source through their forum, but they
>> of course won't give it:
>>
>> http://www.erightsoft.net/Supforum.html
>>
>> I'll forward this to the different mailing
>> lists, so you can discuss and coordinate
>> possible action if you want.
>>
>> Christoph
>>
>>
>
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