[FFmpeg-devel] [EXT] Re: Query from Reuters on XZ, open source, and Microsoft

[Paul B Mahol]

On Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 4:41 PM Nicolas George <george at nsup.org> wrote:

> Tomas Härdin (12024-04-08):
> > We could always start licensing the project under a less permissive
> > license like the GPL or the AGPL and then charge for exceptions. This
> > tactic goes by the name of license trolling, and was successfully used
> > by FFmbc for a while.
>
> Why do you say that when you know perfectly well than some of the
> developers holding copyright on the core code of the project will never
> let you do it and the project currently does not have the talent to
> rewrite everything?
>
> > We also don't need to support every use case.
>
> This, sadly, your ilk has the power to enforce. I am ancient enough in
> the project to remember the time where supporting every use case was
> almost an official motto, and lucid enough to realise that it was the
> main reason for the success of the project.
>

And the demise of LibAV, history repeats over and over again.


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>   Nicolas George
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