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(L)GPL vs. patents

(L)GPL vs. patents

Posted Feb 3, 2010 17:58 UTC (Wed) by DonDiego (subscriber, #24141)
In reply to: (L)GPL vs. patents by paulj
Parent article: Blizzard: HTML5 video and H.264 - what history tells us and why we're standing with the web

That's exactly what I'm saying. A patent licensee can continue distributing FFmpeg under the LGPL no matter what other side deals are in effect.


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