[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] FOSS shame

Diego Biurrun diego
Tue Nov 24 08:35:37 CET 2009


On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 10:06:45PM +0100, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 09:32:56PM +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 09:30:25PM +0100, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > > --- shame	(revision 411)
> > > +++ shame	(working copy)
> > > @@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
> > >  This is a list of projects or companies violating FFmpeg's license. The list
> > >  is part of an effort to get them to comply with the licensing terms by shaming
> > >  them in public.
> > > +We have consciously chosen not to include <i>not for profit free software projects</i> as we
> > > +belive that thouse who give their work to the world for free should not be shamed
> > > +on such lists.
> > 
> > I don't like this.  Everybody should respect licenses.  There is no
> > reason to exclude free sw projects if they turn out to be stubborn
> > and unwilling to fix issues they may have.
> 
> [.. rant ..]

Can you name a single shame entry that is undeserved?  I don't think so.
What exactly is the issue that we are discussing?

Diego



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