Re:Mastershot – Web based video editor
by beagle3 on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @05:18AM
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That’s a question for courts to decide. It hangs on what interpretation courts assign to “derivative work”.
There are claims both for and against this being a derivative work; for “standalone” use, the test is usually something like “if you didn’t use ffmpeg, would the product be significantly less useful?”
MySQL used to claim that including MySQL.exe in a product, even if you don’t link to it, makes that product a derivative work. The generally accepted wisdom is that it’s not.
There are claims both for and against this being a derivative work; for “standalone” use, the test is usually something like “if you didn’t use ffmpeg, would the product be significantly less useful?”
MySQL used to claim that including MySQL.exe in a product, even if you don’t link to it, makes that product a derivative work. The generally accepted wisdom is that it’s not.
I don’t know if this was ever tested in court.