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

[Ronald S. Bultje]

Hi,

On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 4:15 PM Gyan <ffmpeg at gyani.pro> wrote:

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> On 21-03-2019 01:32 AM, Marton Balint wrote:
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> > On Wed, 20 Mar 2019, Jean-Baptiste Kempf wrote:
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> >> On Wed, 20 Mar 2019, at 20:52, Marton Balint wrote:
> >>> On Wed, 20 Mar 2019, Jean-Baptiste Kempf wrote:
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> >>> > On Wed, 20 Mar 2019, at 19:34, Marton Balint wrote:
> >>> >> As I described in similar threads before, whether or not the
> >>> project want >> closed source support for NDI is a subjective issue,
> >>> please start a vote >> about the removal of libndi if you want to
> >>> seek this through.
> >>> >
> >>> > The removal of libndi is actually done and committed.
> >>>
> >>> That is just sad an unfair.
> >>
> >> Sad, maybe.
> >> Unfair, I disagree. If NDI wants to be in, they know what to do.
> >
> > It is unfair towards the people who expressied disapproval, yet this
> > change was committed without neither vote nor consensus.
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> +1. This was a political decision, not a technical one. A formal(-ish)
> survey should have happened on the ML.
>

I agree we need a formal vote on this. I would like to set a wider project
policy w.r.t. closed-source software integration, this is just one instance
of a more general issue.

Who wants to organize it?

Ronald