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

[Li, Zhong]

> From: ffmpeg-devel [mailto:ffmpeg-devel-bounces at ffmpeg.org] On Behalf
> Of Marton Balint
> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2019 4:02 AM
> To: ffmpeg-devel at ffmpeg.org
> Subject: [FFmpeg-devel] [DECISION] Project policy on closed source
> components
> 
> 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

> 2) Should patches using closed source libraries which are not considered
> "System Libraries" according to the GPL be rejected?
> 
> Deadline for voting is 7 days from now.

Yes.

(Looks it is a good chance to have a good summary (or guide) about the whole vote process, including which case can trigger a vote, how to define a vote period，
how to remove vote committee who are not active and add new committee, and so on )