[FFmpeg-devel] [DECISION] Project policy on closed source components

Reimar Döffinger Reimar.Doeffinger at gmx.de
Sun May 5 10:46:45 EEST 2019



On 03.05.2019, at 20:16, Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc> wrote:

> On Fri, May 03, 2019 at 11:08:35AM +0200, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
>> Am Fr., 3. Mai 2019 um 07:27 Uhr schrieb Jeyapal, Karthick
>> <kjeyapal at akamai.com>:
> 
>> And finally: What do you suggest to "punish the violator"?
> 
> while this question wasnt directed at me ...
> 
> Compete with it, provide a better product for a lower price, as in like a
> free open replacement. If you succeed the majority of people will be happy.
> 
> Its better to replace a feature by a supperior or equivalent one than to
> just remove it.

I agree with the idea, but it becomes a VERY unfair competition when one side enforces their "IP" rights beyond their legal rights (while ignoring any one else's) and the other side does nothing.
"What's mine is mine and what's yours is also mine" is not really competition.
From a quick read that seems to be the majority objection here...


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