On Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 4:41 PM Nicolas George <geo...@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. > > -- > Nicolas George > _______________________________________________ > ffmpeg-devel mailing list > ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org > https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel > > To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email > ffmpeg-devel-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe". > _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-devel-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".
