[Arm-netbook] Video Decoder library license

[Tom Cubie]

On Apr 22, 2012 8:12 AM, "lkcl luke" <luke.leighton at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 2012/4/22 Tom Cubie <mr.hipboi at gmail.com>:
> >
> >
> > 在 2012年4月21日星期六，Carlos Balseiro 写道：
> >
> >> So, we have some code in github for the video decoder, but no license
is
> >> specified. Tom, can you give us some light about it? It will be
interesting
> >> to know if it is licensed with something compatible with XBMC.
> >
> >
> > Hi, I think there's no license of it. It's free to use.
>
>  ok, copyright law doesn't work that way: it has to be explicitly
> stated.  i.e. there has to be a license file saying "this code is free
> to use", and there has to be a copyright notice at the top of each
> page.
>
>  otherwise, what happens is that anyone who wants to use the code
> *must* track down and explicitly request from the copyright holder
> permission to use the code.
>
>  this would get excruciatingly painful and also costly... for allwinner.
>
>  allwinner _need_ to get this sorted, in other words.
ok, i will confirm this with the market and the lawyer of allwinner.
>
>  l.
>
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