[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] FOSS shame

[Diego Biurrun]

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 09:30:25PM +0100, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 03:15:40PM -0500, Ronald S. Bultje wrote:
> > 
> > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Michael Niedermayer <michaelni at gmx.at> wrote:
> > > On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 02:30:15AM +0100, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > >> self-explanatory patch below
> > >
> > > do people want me to commit this or not?
> > 
> > Can you replace the wording so that it clearly specifies "free
> > software projects", not "freeware projects"?
> 
> Thats not as easy as you think as id like to keep free sw whos authors
> pretend they wrote ffmpeg on the list.
> 
> heres my current try:
> --- shame	(revision 411)
> +++ shame	(working copy)
> @@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
>  This is a list of projects or companies violating FFmpeg's license. The list
>  is part of an effort to get them to comply with the licensing terms by shaming
>  them in public.
> +We have consciously chosen not to include <i>not for profit free software projects</i> as we
> +belive that thouse who give their work to the world for free should not be shamed
> +on such lists.

I don't like this.  Everybody should respect licenses.  There is no
reason to exclude free sw projects if they turn out to be stubborn
and unwilling to fix issues they may have.

Diego