[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] News: Removal of libndi

[Marton Balint]

On Wed, 20 Mar 2019, Jean-Baptiste Kempf wrote:

> On Wed, 20 Mar 2019, at 16:35, Martin Vignali wrote:
>> > >   >+    Support for the nonfree NDI protocol has been removed, it had
>> > > > been a common source of GPL violations.
>> > > >
>> > > This doesn't justify to break user tools (who respect the ffmpeg licence)
>> >
>> > tools who depend on a license violation are violating  the license too...
>> >
>> 
>> FFmpeg can be compile with GPL and non free component, if the build is not
>> redistributed.
>> There is no licence violation in this case.
>
> The non-free flag was done for incompatible open source license, and used for complex compiler licensing issue.
> Not for obviously-closed-userland libraries.
>
>> It's not because some people doesn't respect the licence, that every user
>> of non free component do the same.
>
> Sorry, but that ship has sailed. Complaining over and over will not change it.
>
>> > > and remove contributor's work.
>> >
>> > Sorry, but lots of contributor work were removed over the years. A
>> > software lives.
>> 
>> We don't talk about a contribution remove for technical reason.
>> But a contributor's work remove in order to try to annoy a licence
>> violator.
>
> Absolutely not. The work was removed because the library is 100% closed 
> source and userland.

Then I suggest to put that into the news entry instead.

As I described in similar threads before, whether or not the project want 
closed source support for NDI is a subjective issue, please start a vote 
about the removal of libndi if you want to seek this through.

Thanks,
Marton