Chinese semiconductor outfit has Linux MPP repository on Github disabled after a DMCA takedown request — FFmpeg team accuses it of using libavcodec code without attribution
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Enforcement could send ripples through Linux multimedia stacks, SBC communities, Android builds, and more.
  • Librerian@lemmy.zipEnglish
    5·
    2 days ago

    So it was inconvenient for you, and that is somehow the FFmpeg squelching innovation? Grow up.

    I only commented on you saying that switching to dynamic linking should be enough, which would not matter as long as you didn’t also make it possible for the user to relink a modified library if they wanted. That would be hard given your own description of users not being able to download or install anything on said system.

    • CannonFodder@lemmy.world
      12·
      1 day ago

      Not inconvenient, but impossible really. I get that most people don’t really understand embedded systems, but it’s a shame when innovation is blocked because of it.