[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH v2] doc/developer: origin of tables should be documented.

[Nicolas George]

Zane van Iperen (12020-08-09):
> I'm apprehensive about this, especially in the case of
> reverse-engineered tables. It should definitely be encouraged, but not
> necessarily hard-required.
> 
> If you explicitly say "Reverse Engineered from so-and-so", that seems
> essentially like putting a target on FFmpeg's back.
> 
> Case-in-point: No reference decoder/encoder exists, and the tables had
> to be dumped from the application binary.

I would say that the tables themselves put a target our back, and the
comment mitigates it, since dumping tables from a binary is legal
(tables of numbers contain no creativity and therefore create no
copyright).

But anyway, the patch says "should", and such improbable cases, if they
arise, can be discussed on a case by case basis, possibly even in
private.

Regards,

-- 
  Nicolas George
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