Without knowing anything I wrote a big application, almost 1 year coding. It doe

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Without knowing anything I wrote a big application, almost 1 year coding.

It does Video/Audio such as softphone for commercial use (we sell it). I used a framework which was licensed under the LGPL, lesser Gnu Public License. Now before I release it to production, since I used the H.264 video codec and a 'LGPL' framework, what should I know and what should I do? Or I do not need to do anything? This is my employer releasing and selling the application, I just did my job making the application and getting it to run without crashing.

Do I need to apply for a license to court? Or do I apply for license to the framework programmers? How do I make myself valid before I let it go to my company management.

Explanation / Answer

1) If you're in a country where software patents are upheld, your company is required to pay licensing royalties for the use of the H.264 codec since you are a commercial user.

2) If you used a framework that was licensed under the LGPL, then it depends on how you used it. If you developed a module, or a library, or a plugin that the framework uses, then I believe you're good and don't have to do anything. If you have modified the framework itself and used that as a base for this application, then you are required to freely share the source-code for your derived work. (Which would make it hard to sell.)

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