> Take Audacity, it’s a fully open source piece of software, but to do lots of common operations in it you need to figure out how to link in FFmpeg. Audacity a

> Take Audacity, it’s a fully open source piece of software, but to do lots of common operations in it you need to figure out how to link in FFmpeg. Audacity and FFmpeg are both under the L/GPL, compatible versions even. The reason Audacity doesn't include FFmpeg is because they are afraid of software patents. GPL has nothing to do with it. At all. > Because of software patents, Audacity cannot include the FFmpeg software or distribute it from its own websites. Instead, following the links below to instructions to download and install the free and recommended FFmpeg third-party library.