Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [EXT] Re: Query from Reuters on XZ, open source, and Microsoft

mån 2024-04-08 klockan 16:40 +0200 skrev Nicolas George: > 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 succe

Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [EXT] Re: Query from Reuters on XZ, open source, and Microsoft

On Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 4:41 PM Nicolas George 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 successfull

Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [EXT] Re: Query from Reuters on XZ, open source, and Microsoft

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 kn

Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [EXT] Re: Query from Reuters on XZ, open source, and Microsoft

ons 2024-04-03 klockan 19:26 + skrev Satter, Raphael (Reuters) via ffmpeg-devel: >   *   What’s the solution here? Your talk mentioned paying > developers, getting an SLA, or hiring them as consultants … but why > would companies bother when they can just free ride? I asked the same > question

Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [EXT] Re: Query from Reuters on XZ, open source, and Microsoft

Hi Raphael, Answers in my own personal capacity, not the views of my employer, nor the views of anyone else in FFmpeg. On Wed, Apr 3, 2024 at 8:26 PM Satter, Raphael (Reuters) < raphael.sat...@thomsonreuters.com> wrote: > Dear Kieran & co., > > > > Thank you I’ve had a chance to see the talk. It

Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [EXT] Re: Query from Reuters on XZ, open source, and Microsoft

Dear Kieran & co., Thank you I’ve had a chance to see the talk. It’s a marker of how invisible even critical open source projects can be that I wasn’t aware of FFmpeg’s role in powering the likes of YouTube and Netflix. A few questions I had: * How much did Microsoft end up paying for the

Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [EXT] Re: Query from Reuters on XZ, open source, and Microsoft

Thanks Kieran, much appreciated. I’ll have a look at the video and drop a few additional questions into the mailing list. Sent from Outlook for iOS From: Kieran Kunhya Sent: Wednesday, April 3, 2024 12:38:39 PM To: FFmpeg development discus