[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] FOSS shame

Ronald S. Bultje rsbultje
Mon Nov 23 21:35:50 CET 2009


Hi,

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Michael Niedermayer <michaelni at gmx.at> wrote:
> Thats not as easy as you think as id like to keep free sw whos authors
> pretend they wrote ffmpeg on the list.
[..]
> +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'm OK with this. As for what Diego said, I agree. It might make sense
to do as Michael suggests, but add them if they appear unwilling to
repair the violation after we contact them. I.e. default=shame for
corporate/non-free, default=no-shame for freebies. After contact,
always shame.

Ronald



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