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application-development, open-source August 31, 2018

Differences between GPL and LGPL when using licensed software

Software licensed with any GNU license can be used and modified everywhere, without any restrictions in private and even in corporate environments. You can do whatever you want: modify, compile, link statically and dynamically. When, for example, the software was only for internal use in the company, then there is no obligation to do anything.

What if the software is distributed?

Here is where the …

ffmpeg, gstreamer August 16, 2018

How to use FFmpeg with GStreamer?

By Marek Olejnik

You might find yourself in a situation where your application is based on FFmpeg but you can’t use it because of codec patents. Or maybe you are using FFmpeg API and just want to improve its performance.

These are precisely the challenges that inspired us to create a new product: Fluendo FFmpeg Enabler. This solution consists of a new library (named libfluffgst) that works …