[XviD-devel] legal question about distribution of xvid

[赵宇龙]

Seems you needn't make your application GPL if you only call the APIs of
xvid, except you make use of the source code of it.

2007/11/29, Wim Deblauwe <wim.deblauwe at gmail.com>:
>
> Hi,
>
> Since XviD is GPL, I need to make my application also GPL if I directly
> call
> XviD from my application. However, in the following cases, does GPL apply
> also?
>
> 1) I make the XviD installer part of my installer. Windows Media Player
> will
> then use the XviD codec to display movies. WMP is started through my
> application.
>
> 2) Same as 1) but now I just provide a download link for XviD so they have
> to get it of the internet and not the actual codec.
>
> So I never call XviD directly, but I start a media player from my
> application that does.
>
> kind regards,
>
> Wim
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