[FFmpeg-devel] libswscale/yuv2rgb_init.c license
Luca Abeni
lucabe72
Thu Jul 5 14:20:31 CEST 2007
Hi Diego,
Diego Biurrun wrote:
[...]
>> I think the file is still in svn history, no? So, if needed it can be
>> "resurrected", and the header can be fixed in the proper way.
>
> I think that would be the best solution so that nobody that resurrects
> the file in the future gets into the same troubles that you had.
Ok, tomorrow I'll look at recovering the file from svn, putting a
reasonable license header on it, and removing the updated version.
>>> We should probably update the copyright notice of yuv2rgb.c, though.
>> I am not going to touch those files anymore ;-)
>
> I found it a great pity that you let yourself be discouraged back then.
Well, I've not been discouraged: I just decided to respect the original
author's decision (I know there might be a "legal" way to work around
it, but I do not want to go against the author).
>> I think the original author of that file should send a patch for fixing
>> the information in the header and copyright
>
> Ideally, yes. Since I don't expect that patch to appear I would
> appreciate if you could attempt to do it instead.
Sorry, I already had enough fun with licenses... Anyway, I'll try to
contact the author and ask him to send a patch.
Luca
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