From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ffbox0-bg.mplayerhq.hu (ffbox0-bg.ffmpeg.org [79.124.17.100]) by master.gitmailbox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA8DA46ACA for ; Thu, 3 Aug 2023 15:40:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.1.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ffbox0-bg.mplayerhq.hu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FE8568C6BD; Thu, 3 Aug 2023 18:40:35 +0300 (EEST) Received: from relay3-d.mail.gandi.net (relay3-d.mail.gandi.net [217.70.183.195]) by ffbox0-bg.mplayerhq.hu (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6477B68C63A for ; Thu, 3 Aug 2023 18:40:28 +0300 (EEST) Received: by mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9D90960003 for ; Thu, 3 Aug 2023 15:40:27 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2023 17:40:26 +0200 From: Michael Niedermayer To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches Message-ID: <20230803154026.GM7802@pb2> References: <20230802125521.GG7802@pb2> <20230802142624.GJ7802@pb2> <01010189b6eddf2f-ee020578-0e20-47af-92e4-385c73569d72-000000@us-west-2.amazonses.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <01010189b6eddf2f-ee020578-0e20-47af-92e4-385c73569d72-000000@us-west-2.amazonses.com> X-GND-Sasl: michael@niedermayer.cc Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] What is FFmpeg and what should it be X-BeenThere: ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: FFmpeg development discussions and patches List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============4696885091358180200==" Errors-To: ffmpeg-devel-bounces@ffmpeg.org Sender: "ffmpeg-devel" Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Post: --===============4696885091358180200== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="pDJxB+XklMVrLQ41" Content-Disposition: inline --pDJxB+XklMVrLQ41 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Aug 02, 2023 at 03:46:29PM +0000, Cosmin Stejerean wrote: >=20 >=20 > > On Aug 2, 2023, at 7:30 AM, Nicolas George wrote: > >=20 > > Michael Niedermayer (12023-08-02): > >> The libraries should be split into runtime loadable plugins > >> Not only would that make tools alot smaller it also would allow > >> development of code available in ffmpeg that is maintained outside > >> FFmpeg. > >>=20 > >> I suggested this previosuly, it is of course not a "simple" thing > >> to do. > >=20 > > No, it would be a terrible mistake. > >=20 > > And mostly, people who suggest or demand that do it based on > > misconceptions about how linking works and/or have no actual scenario > > where that would help. > >=20 > > But this is another discussion entirely. >=20 > This indeed feels like a separate discussion, but should we want to have = that discussion I'd be happy to both provide some use cases as well as cont= ribute code to facilitate the implementation.=20 >=20 > My understanding however is that the community is opposed to dynamically = loaded plugins on principle, because it would make it easier to distribute = proprietary plugins and sidestep the intent of the copyleft licensing. I dont know if there is opposition or just inertia and more sexy things to = work on but if theres fear of proprietary plugins just do this: 1. give the plugin a license field 2. check that the license field matches a GPL compatible license before loa= ding thx [...] --=20 Michael GnuPG fingerprint: 9FF2128B147EF6730BADF133611EC787040B0FAB Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what is excellent in them. -- Plutarch --pDJxB+XklMVrLQ41 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iF0EABEIAB0WIQSf8hKLFH72cwut8TNhHseHBAsPqwUCZMvKagAKCRBhHseHBAsP q+aYAJ9pcDMbyBEoRNm6IajMBG0V5ycKYwCeO1h/+5XtMzlfFWWFK0uYoGk+khM= =sYUr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --pDJxB+XklMVrLQ41-- --===============4696885091358180200== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-devel-request@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe". --===============4696885091358180200==--