tabular comments on 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

[–] tabular@lemmy.world 28 points 9 months ago (9 children)

FFmpeg has faced some criticism for this DMCA takedown

Such as?

[–] Black616Angel@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 9 months ago

Random people saying shit like "why do open source, if you still sue?" or "Copyright needs to be abolished don't use it for anything"

It's really narrow minded to see it like that honestly, but they unfortunately do exist.

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[–] carrylex@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago*

Welcome to TomsHardware, where we do 0 research in our "journalism"

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[–] Vincent@feddit.nl 6 points 9 months ago (6 children)

The first thing that came to my mind is that a DMCA takedown on GitHub doesn't stop them from using it, but only from sharing their own additions with the world.

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[–] tabular@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (5 children)

But sharing code is when a license like LGPL really has an effect in what you must do to comply..

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[–] Vincent@feddit.nl 1 point 9 months ago* (4 children)

I'm not sure I follow that sentence?

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[–] tabular@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

Everyone is free to edit, compile and use LGPL licensed code however you want on your PC. A DMCA can't stop that, so it won't make sense for someone to think that. At the time you share software (as a binary which used that LPGL licensed code, or the code itself) is when you are legally compelled to follow the license (hosting code on github).

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[–] Vincent@feddit.nl 1 point 9 months ago (2 children)

Ah right. So I guess my point was: the DMCA takedown doesn't necessarily force them to publish the code on GitHub, although luckily in this case they did end up doing that.

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[–] tabular@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

Usually they only comply by suing them, after nagging them for years..

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[–] Vincent@feddit.nl 1 point 9 months ago

Yeah exactly, suing them for non-compliance would be more effective, though of course, also more effort. That said, it sounds like in this case, just asking them would've worked as well, which is a lot less effort 😅

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