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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 | Tom's Hardware (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] 40 points 9 months ago

Sounds like RokChip really needed to put their hand on that hot stove top to understand they'd get burned. Hope they learn their lesson and improve their handling of FOSS code in the future.

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    [–] 31 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Sounds like it will be fixed soon

    https://github.com/HermanChen/mpp/commit/fff87da91706d92913ba0254cee8c27eb093ae16
    https://github.com/HermanChen/mpp/issues/73


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    • [–] 28 points 9 months ago (9 children)

    FFmpeg has faced some criticism for this DMCA takedown

    Such as?

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  • [–] 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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  • [–] 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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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago* (4 children)

    I'm not sure I follow that sentence?

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  • [–] 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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  • [–] 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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    • [–] 18 points 9 months ago

    Good morning TomsSlopware, maybe stop using Internet Explorer for your research.

    This was already reported 2 weeks ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46394327

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