#7589: NewTek distributing non-free FFmpeg build -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: Zeranoe | Owner: Type: license | Status: new violation | Component: Priority: important | undetermined Version: unspecified | Resolution: Keywords: NewTek | Blocked By: Blocking: | Reproduced by developer: 0 Analyzed by developer: 0 | -------------------------------------+-------------------------------------
Comment (by cehoyos): I received many comments about my suggestion to remove libndi support from FFmpeg. Some people have pointed out that such a quick reaction may not be appropriate and that the FFmpeg developers (and myself) should instead try to find a consensual solution for the copyright infringement, especially since Andrew Cross has reacted so quickly and assured us that he indeed is interested in cooperating with us to solve the issue. After careful consideration, I suggest we take the same approach as was done with Amazon in ticket #7214: !NewTek releases the source code for the needed libndi library under GPL or a less strict and compatible license to comply with the GPL (as is required anyway by US copyright law) and in return, I personally (and hopefully all other FFmpeg developers) will not insist on !NewTek stopping the distribution of binaries based on FFmpeg source code after th copyright of the FFmpeg developers was violated by !NewTek. I am hopeful that this will also be acceptable for the x264 developers. @across: Please comment if this is an acceptable path for you, I suggest to discuss this in public, according to common open-source practice and as it was done with Amazon. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/7589#comment:21> FFmpeg <https://ffmpeg.org> FFmpeg issue tracker _______________________________________________ FFmpeg-trac mailing list FFmpeg-trac@avcodec.org http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-trac