[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] News: Removal of libndi

[Martin Vignali]

> >   >+    Support for the nonfree NDI protocol has been removed, it had
> > > been a common source of GPL violations.
> > >
> > This doesn't justify to break user tools (who respect the ffmpeg licence)
>
> tools who depend on a license violation are violating  the license too...
>

FFmpeg can be compile with GPL and non free component, if the build is not
redistributed.
There is no licence violation in this case.

It's not because some people doesn't respect the licence, that every user
of non free component do the same.


>
> > and remove contributor's work.
>
> Sorry, but lots of contributor work were removed over the years. A
> software lives.
>

We don't talk about a contribution remove for technical reason.
But a contributor's work remove in order to try to annoy a licence
violator.

Martin