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

[Kieran Kunhya]

On Sun, 1 Jun 2025, 20:23 Michael Niedermayer, <michael at niedermayer.cc>
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,
>
> This is a serious accusation.
>

Changing the licence based on a technicality (that would not stand up in
court) is also a serious step.

FFmpeg should get legal advice before doing this and there should be a vote.

I am astonished how flippantly this is being treated.

Kieran