Is Libffmpeg Legal In The United States?

#1 (**permalink**) 15-Dec-2007, 09:54

Is libffmpeg legal in the United States. If not, is there a way to recompile it so that offending code is removed?

#2 (**permalink**) 16-Dec-2007, 14:23

Looks like it is a grey area where most distros fall on the side of it probably being illegal due to certain codecs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FFmpeg#Legal_status

You could probably compile from source with only the codecs you need that are GPL'd but I'm just guessing there.

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