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Re:FFmpeg for browser and Node, powered by WebAssembly by jakelazaroff on Friday August 20, 2021 @08:34PM (#28252961)
Not a lawyer but I’m pretty sure you can’t circumvent the GPL just by running the code in a different thread.
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Re:FFmpeg for browser and Node, powered by WebAssembly by jhgb on Friday August 20, 2021 @08:43PM (#28253007)
It would be a different process, not a different thread. For example executing GCC from a proprietary IDE doesn't seem to be a problem.
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Re:FFmpeg for browser and Node, powered by WebAssembly by vbezhenar on Saturday August 21, 2021 @07:31AM (#28256089)
It's a problem if your IDE is designed to work only with gcc. It's not a problem, if it could work with any compiler and gcc is just one of the options.
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Re:FFmpeg for browser and Node, powered by WebAssembly by jakelazaroff on Saturday August 21, 2021 @10:41AM (#28257389)
My understanding is that it matters whether the GPL software is distributed with your program. If your IDE installed gcc, you would have to license it as GPL — even if it also installed other compilers. (It would be fine for your IDE to use a preexisting gcc installation obtained in some other fashion, though).
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