Re: Reintroducing FFmpeg to Debian
On Thu, 28 Aug 2014, Vittorio Giovara wrote:
> On 17/08/2014 18:15, Clément Bœsch wrote:
> > > - you leeching my work by leveraging git merge daily
> > Welcome to the wonderful world of Open Source Luca.
> Sorry but no, definitely no.
>
> While technically what ffmpeg does is allowed by the (L)GPL, it fundamentally
> goes against the spirit of Open Source. Open source is sharing a common goal,
No. You’re wrong.
The right to fork, and to continue importing from the forked work,
is fundamental to OSS.
bye,
//mirabilos
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