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0 pointsDagAgren6y ago0 comments

Is it better that no tools will actually be able to export the format?

Also, a GPL-licensed encoder will in no way stop incompatible extensions.

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Uh, LGPL explicitly doesn't prevent even proprietary software from using the encoder?

Not explicitly, but in practice, it does. It is often not viable to jump through the hoops required to do it. That is, if your lawyers will even let you try.

dspillett6y ago

> It is often not viable to jump through the hoops required to do it.

Having it as a dynamic library isn't that problematic a hoop is it?

>That is, if your lawyers will even let you try.

This may be a genuine issue. Many have a strict "nothing related to GPL" policy driven at least partly by misunderstanding or paranoia.

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nine_k6y ago

Proprietary software can include the encoder. This is fine.

But any changes to the encoder itself remain under LGPL and get published. This is the point.

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