XVID GPL violation issues resolved

[Posted August 27, 2002 by cook]

Apparently, there was a recent GPL license violation involving a company known as Sigma Designs' and the XVID video codec project. The issue centered around code that was modified, but was not released, as per the GPL licensing requirements. The XVID designers reacted by freezing development of the project. After a period of silence, Sigma Designs' eventually complied with the request to release the code. This is one example of how the GPL was successfully used to protect open-source code.

Thanks to Mike Hopper.

XVID GPL violation issues (not yet) resolved

Posted Aug 27, 2002 21:55 UTC (Tue) by rao (guest, #78) [Link]

The title of this news article is misleading. The XVID GPL violation has not yet been resolved. Section 4 and Section 7 issues are still present. I have heard that XVID and Sigma Designs are in discussions to bring Sigma Designs into compliance.