[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] FOSS shame

Diego Biurrun diego
Mon Nov 23 21:46:02 CET 2009


On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 03:35:50PM -0500, Ronald S. Bultje wrote:
> 
> 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.

That sounds like a contradiction...

Anyway, I think the point is moot.  We only have serious offenders in
the Hall of Shame.  It should be clear that free sw projects that
violate the license will only get there if they fail to fix issues...

Diego



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