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

[Tomas Härdin]

mån 2024-04-08 klockan 16:40 +0200 skrev Nicolas George:
> 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

Looks like someone is not aware of the license upgrade clause in the
(L)GPL


> > We also don't need to support every use case.
> 
> This, sadly, your ilk

Veering into CoC violation territory I see

> 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.

Things change

/Tomas