Re: [xine-devel] xine-lib licensing issues

[Miguel F. <mi...@ce...>]

On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 23:20, chikku belli wrote:
> Hello all,
>  
> I am trying to write a xine like application to play Video and Audio
> files. I may use xine-lib itself or i may use libmpeg2 and libmad in
> my application. I am planning to distribute my application for
> commercial purpose.


that's fine.


> I unserstand that these are to be used according to GPL. I am very new
> to these licensing issues. So could anyone please tell me in simple
> terms what is the impact on me if i distribute it commercially? I want
> to know if i need to pay any money to the original developers? or do i
> need to make an agreement with somebody?


no, you don't need to pay money to nobody, and you don't need to make
any agreements. what you must do, however, is to provide to whoever buys
your product the same rights you received with our GPL software.

in plain terms: whenever you distribute your application (making money
from it or not, it doesn't matter), you must also distribute or make the
source code available somehow.

i'm sure other developers may elaborate it, but that's the basics.

regards,

Miguel