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Version 16.04.20160530

MediaConch is licensed under a GPLv3+/MPLv2+ License.

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

Third party libraries

The software relies on third party libraries. Such libraries have their own license:

Media analysis library: MediaInfoLib, (c) MediaArea.net SARL, initialy BSD-2-Clause license, relicensed to GPLv3 or later / MPLv2 or later
Base classes library: ZenLib, (c) MediaArea.net SARL, initialy zlib license, relicensed to GPLv3 or later / MPLv2 or later
C++ standard library: libstdc++ (GPLv3+ with linking exception), libc++ (MIT license, could be relicensed to GPLv3 or later / MPLv2 or later), Visual C++ library (Microsoft proprietary license) or any other C++ standard library
GUI (optional): Qt, LGPLv3+ license, compatible with GPLv3 or later / MPLv2 or later
WebUI engine (optional) : Symfony, MIT license, could be relicensed to GPLv3 or later / MPLv2 or later
WebUI design (optional) : Bootstrap, MIT license, could be relicensed to GPLv3 or later / MPLv2 or later
XML parser (optional): TinyXML-2, zlib license, could be relicensed to GPLv3 or later / MPLv2 or later
gzip decompression routine (optional): zlib, zlib license, could be relicensed to GPLv3 or later / MPLv2 or later
FTP, FTPS, SFTP, HTTP, HTTPS (optional): libcurl, MIT license, could be relicensed to GPLv3 or later / MPLv2 or later
Base64 (optional): base64 by Bob Withers, public domain, could be relicensed to GPLv3 or later / MPLv2 or later
AES (optional): aes by Brian Gladman, BSD-2-Clause license, compatible with GPLv3 or later / MPLv2 or later
MD5 (optional): md5 by Colin Plumb, public domain, could be relicensed to GPLv3 or later / MPLv2 or later
SHA-1 (optional): sha1 by Brian Gladman, BSD-2-Clause license, compatible with GPLv3 or later / MPLv2 or later
SHA-2 (optional): sha2 by Brian Gladman, BSD-2-Clause license, compatible with GPLv3 or later / MPLv2 or later
HMAC (optional): hmac by Brian Gladman, BSD-2-Clause license, compatible with GPLv3 or later / MPLv2 or later

The Team

MediaConch project leads are:

Jérôme Martinez (Digital Media Specialist): technical design, implementation of the bytestream/bitstream analyzer, extraction of metadata
Dave Rice (Archivist): communication with memory institutions, definition of tests, documentation

Other team members are:

Guillaume Roques (Developer): database management, automation, performance optimization, shell
Florent Tribouilloy (Developer): implementation of the bytestream/bitstream analyzer, extraction of metadata, GUI development, reporting
Ashley Blewer (Archivist): technical writing and documentation, design and user experience optimization
Tessa Fallon (Archivist): community outreach and standards organization

This project has received funding from PREFORMA, co-funded by the European Commission under its FP7-ICT Programme