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

[Hendrik Leppkes]

On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 10:53 PM Carl Eugen Hoyos <ceffmpeg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Release branches provide a guarantee of API, ABI and feature
> > stability.
>
> And we sadly did not always hold that guarantee=-(

Mistakes have been made. We shall strive to be better in the future,
and not use them as an excuse to push an agenda.

>
> > We shall not violate that for some petty feud.
>
> I wonder if this isn't exactly a case where it should be violated.
> Contrary to the cases where we - unfortunately - have
> violated it in the past.
>

No, we shall not.