[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Reduce default FDK decoder delay by one frame

[Ronald S. Bultje]

Hi,

On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 1:10 PM, Reimar Döffinger
<Reimar.Doeffinger at gmx.de>wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 04:53:57PM +0000, Derek Buitenhuis wrote:
> > >   *
> > >   * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> > >   * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
> > > - * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
> > > - * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> > > + * License, version 2.1 (only) as published by the Free Software
> Foundation.
> >
> > Why? I am inclined to reject such changes to the standard LGPL header.
>
> Worse, it does not include the configure changes that are necessary
> for such a license change.
> It would also be the only file in FFmpeg not compatible with LGPLv3,
> from what I can tell.


Most importantly, one may have authored 6 LOC in this file, but it's only 6
LOC. Leave the license choice to the people that did the actual work (the
other 99%).

In this case, Martin chose LGPLv2.1 or later for this particular; deal with
it. Don't sneakily change it while he isn't watching, it's exceptionally
unethical.

Ronald