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

[Paul B Mahol]

On 4/28/19, Marton Balint <cus at passwd.hu> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> There has been discussion on the mailing list several times about the
> inclusion of support for closed source components (codecs, formats,
> filters, etc) in the main ffmpeg codebase.
>
> Also the removal of libNDI happened without general consensus, so a vote
> is necessary to justify the removal.
>
> So here is a call to the voting committee [1] to decide on the following
> two questions:
>
> 1) Should libNDI support be removed from the ffmpeg codebase?

Yes, yes.

>
> 2) Should patches using closed source libraries which are not considered
> "System Libraries" according to the GPL be rejected?

Yes, yes, yes.

>
> Deadline for voting is 7 days from now.
>
> Thanks,
> Marton
>
> [1] http://lists.ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2019-April/242574.html
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