Hi, On Sun, Apr 28, 2019 at 8:14 PM Marton Balint <c...@passwd.hu> wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Apr 2019, Jean-Baptiste Kempf wrote: > > On Mon, 29 Apr 2019, at 00:23, Marton Balint wrote: > >> >> On Sun, 28 Apr 2019, at 22:02, Marton Balint wrote: > >> >>> 2) Should patches using closed source libraries which are not > considered > >> >>> "System Libraries" according to the GPL be rejected? > >> >> > >> >> You mean "major components"? > >> >> (at no point does the GPLv2 mention "System Libraries". > >> > > >> > I meant the sytem libraries as in GPL v3. > >> > >> Okay, now I am really confused, I thought the GPLv3 refers to the > system > >> libraries as the drivers interfaces, but that might not be a case, > because > >> that is also the major component? > >> > >> If that is the case, then my intention was obvisouly major component, > but > >> I wonder what the system library means then in GPL v3? > > > > As to that, I have no clue. I feel that the GPLv3 did not help on that > part, and makes it more confusing (and many other parts). > > > > My understanding of major components of the OS, in GPLv2sense, is > kernel+libc+compiler+init/shell+drivers+libraries-installed-with-the-previous. > > Ok, I just revoked the vote request on the 2nd question. Sorry for the > mess. > > It looks like people prefer if GPL is not referenced at all in the > question, so please propose a (preferably short, but still precise) > wording for the vote about this. Should decklink be removed? (Even if the headers are BSD, the end-user functionality depends on closed-source libraries.) Should future patches depending on any closed-source component be approved of by a vote from this committee before being merged? We could even do a vote on the nvidia stuffies, just so we've had that too. Ronald _______________________________________________ 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".
