[FFmpeg-devel] [DECISION] Project policy on closed source components

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On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 4:02 AM Marton Balint <cus at passwd.hu> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> There has been discussion on the mailing list several times about the
> inclusion of support for closed source components (codecs, formats,
> filters, etc) in the main ffmpeg codebase.
>
> Also the removal of libNDI happened without general consensus, so a vote
> is necessary to justify the removal.
>
> So here is a call to the voting committee [1] to decide on the following
> two questions:
>
> 1) Should libNDI support be removed from the ffmpeg codebase?
Yes
>
> 2) Should patches using closed source libraries which are not considered
> "System Libraries" according to the GPL be rejected?
>
Yes

Thanks.