[Development] Adding Microsoft-licensed library in Qt Multimedia

[Thiago Macieira]

On Wednesday 16 September 2015 15:59:25 Lopes Yoann wrote:
> >> 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.

It is.

And even if it weren't for this reason, the licence of this code is not OSI-
approved and not compliant with the DFSG, so please don't import it into Qt.

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Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
  Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center