[Development] Adding Microsoft-licensed library in Qt Multimedia

[Lopes Yoann]

> On 16 Sep 2015, at 17:18, Oswald Buddenhagen <oswald.buddenhagen at theqtcompany.com> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 02:34:49PM +0000, Lopes Yoann wrote:
>> ·   for any Distributable Code having a filename extension of .lib, distribute only the results of running such Distributable Code through a linker with your application;
>> 
> that may mean that we cannot distribute static binaries of that plugin,
> as that would imply shipping the helper .lib. that is, unless we employ
> ms lib's ability to link multiple static libs into a single static lib.
> sounds like work. ^^
> 
> or it may be irrelevant, because ms is not distributing a .lib in the
> first place …
Yes I think that’s irrelevant, in this case the Distributable Code is only c++ code.


>> iii. Distribution Restrictions.  You may not
>> ·   modify or distribute the source code of any Distributable Code so that any part of it becomes subject to an Excluded License.  An Excluded License is one that requires, as a condition of use, modification or distribution, that
>> ·   the code be disclosed or distributed in source code form; or
>> ·   others have the right to modify it.
>> 
> ah, the good old ms. i think the express purpose of that clause is to
> forbid usage in (l)gpl code, which means we would have to distribute at
> least that plugin under BSD or proprietary only.
You might be right… in that case this is probably a no-go.