On Tue, 28 Nov 2017 16:09:57 +0000 "Mironov, Mikhail" <mikhail.miro...@amd.com> wrote:
> > > > Pavel Koshevoy (2017-11-27): > > > That is unnecessarily un-diplomatic and will likely offend the > > > contributors from nvidia and amd. > > > > Well, I find offensive that they benefit from my work yet make extra efforts > > to make sure I cannot benefit from theirs. Maybe I should start putting my > > contributions under GPL and not LGPL, what do you think? > > > > > Personally, I would prefer if the bundled external headers were > > > installed together with ffmpeg public headers (so nvenc/cuda/etc... > > > weren't simply private headers within ffmpeg). There are some nvenc > > > APIs I need to query hardware capabilities to avoid setting nvenc > > > codec parameters that would cause the codec to fail to initialize via > > > ffmpeg apis. Given that ffmpeg already includes the headers that > > > declare those APIs I've been able to use them without installing nvenc > > > SDK separately, but since they are private headers in the ffmpeg > > > source tree it feels dirty to do that. > > > > I understand it is more convenient for you than what the vendors provide, > > but why should the effort of making things more convenient be carried by > > the FFmpeg developers? > > > > It has a non-negligible cost: more testing required, git grep pollution, > > all the > > while giving these companies an unfair advantage against the companies that > > play by the rules of Libre software and inciting them to continue in that > > direction. > > > > I think the whole compat directory is misguided, but these headers for > > external libraries are the worse of it. > > > > Regards, > > > > -- > > Nicolas George > > I wanted to stay out of license issues and this forum is oriented more > towards > technical discussion but I can't resist putting my two cents: Yes, HW > manufactures > live out of HW sell. And yes, integration with products like ffmpeg should > benefit them (us). > But they(us) do not sell software. The enablement of HW acceleration adds > features to ffmpeg project. > And we do it ourselves. We also intend to contribute more. So it is mutually > beneficial. Isn't it? Well, don't worry too much. People like him are, as some would say, toxic members of the community. Frequent drama and flame wars happen. (And here's where I wished ffmpeg were a properly managed project.) _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel
