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

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

On Wed, 20 Mar 2019, at 21:20, Nicolas George wrote:
> Jean-Baptiste Kempf (12019-03-20):
> > 2) Both of those are addressing drivers for actual cards. 
> > So we're not talking about userland, but accessing drivers which are
> > part of the OS, and are therefore exempted by the GPL.
> 
> I am not sure I agree with that interpretation. The wording is quite
> [...]
> It is not relevant for drivers, because drivers are not called directly,
> [...]
> That is my interpretation. Furthermore, the wording makes the case of

This is the current interpretation by most people from the FSF and people from the open source legal community: "drivers and libraries installed usually with the drivers" are covered by the GPL exception.

I checked last time with Bradley and Karen, but I can re-check next time I talk to them, if you do wish.

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