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@jbz@indieweb.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

☢️ FFmpeg goes nuclear on repo violating its opensource licenses

「 The notice, filed December 18, claims Rockchip copied thousands of lines of code from FFmpeg's libavcodec library -- including decoders for H.265, AV1, and VP9 formats -- stripped the original copyright notices, falsely claimed authorship and redistributed the code under Apache's permissive license rather than the original LGPL 」

https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/12/26/193244/ffmpeg-developer-files-dmca-against-rockchip-after-two-year-wait-for-license-fix

#ffmpeg #opensource #dmca

FFmpeg Developer Files DMCA Against Rockchip After Two-Year Wait for License Fix - Slashdot

GitHub has disabled Rockchip's Media Process Platform repository after an FFmpeg developer filed a DMCA takedown notice, nearly two years after the open-source project first publicly accused the Chinese chipmaker of license violations. The notice, filed December 18, claims Rockchip copied thousands ...
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