[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] Cherry picks vs merges

[compn]

On Sun, 1 Jun 2025 21:23:20 +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote:

> Hi James
> 
> On Sun, Jun 01, 2025 at 02:27:37PM -0300, James Almer wrote:
> > On 6/1/2025 12:22 PM, Michael Niedermayer wrote:  
> > > Hi all
> > > 
> > > almpeg is now merged upto 1 months ago. (and since last merge it contains
> > > bits of AGPL code)
> > > 
> > > The question now is, how does the community want to proceed from here?  
> > Full stop.
> >   
> 
> > Not only you're trying to bypass explicit a license notice on
> > technicalities,  
> 
> Code is either under the LGPL license or it is not.
> It cannot be sometimes under the LGPL license, the license headers
> on the files in question, distrinbuted by Paul are unmodified
> LGPL headers. There is no extra notice or anything in these headers.
> 
> If paul wants them to be GPL he can change these headers at any time.
> 
> And the "explicit license notice" you refer to is this:
> 
> "All Librempeg modifications, and any new files not available in FFmpeg, are licensed under GPL v2,
>  unless stated otherwise."
> 
> And it IS stated otherwise in these files by the license header in these
> files.

yes, see for example baptiste's ffmbc fork where he explicitly changed
the license in all files to GPLv2  https://github.com/bcoudurier/FFmbc

Also, please everyone, stop speaking for Paul and let him speak for
himself. if he wants to.

Developers leave, come back, and leave again. its a project made up of
volunteers. No one is forced to join and forced to stay forever.

-compn