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From: compn <ff@hawaiiantel.net>
To: ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org
Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] Cherry picks vs merges
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2025 05:20:28 -1000
Message-ID: <20250604052028.00006173@hawaiiantel.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DM8P223MB0365CE97E2AE198104FF3C48BA62A@DM8P223MB0365.NAMP223.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>

On Mon, 2 Jun 2025 08:23:41 +0000, softworkz . wrote:

> What would happen if we merge everything?
> 
> - We would gain 2.5 years of work
> - He will change all license headers
> - The doors will be closed for all future

there is no door closed forever. gplv2 code is still open source and
ffmpeg has many files with gplv2 copyright.

licensing between lgpl and gplv2 only really affects people who
sell/distribute ffmpeg.

since people who sell ffmpeg want a different license, they can pay to
have an author relicense their work. which has happened many times in
ffmpeg's 20+year history.

-compn
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-06-04 15:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-06-01 15:22 Michael Niedermayer
2025-06-01 17:12 ` Kieran Kunhya via ffmpeg-devel
2025-06-01 17:27 ` James Almer
2025-06-01 19:23   ` Michael Niedermayer
2025-06-01 19:48     ` compn
2025-06-01 20:01     ` James Almer
2025-06-01 21:31       ` Michael Niedermayer
2025-06-02  4:46         ` Vittorio Giovara
2025-06-02 15:05         ` Michael Niedermayer
2025-06-02  7:41       ` Marton Balint
2025-06-02  8:23         ` softworkz .
2025-06-02 15:28           ` Michael Niedermayer
2025-06-02 15:57             ` Kieran Kunhya via ffmpeg-devel
2025-06-04 15:20           ` compn [this message]
2025-06-01 21:55     ` Kieran Kunhya via ffmpeg-devel
2025-06-02  4:36       ` Baptiste Coudurier
2025-06-02 15:38     ` Rémi Denis-Courmont
2025-06-03 13:09       ` Michael Niedermayer
2025-06-03 22:38         ` Kieran Kunhya via ffmpeg-devel
2025-06-04 14:51           ` Michael Niedermayer
2025-06-04 15:00             ` Kieran Kunhya via ffmpeg-devel
2025-06-04 15:35         ` Rémi Denis-Courmont
2025-06-04 18:06     ` Tomas Härdin
2025-06-04 20:42       ` Baptiste Coudurier
2025-06-04 22:41         ` Michael Niedermayer

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