Linux

10833 readers

381 users here now

A community for everything relating to the GNU/Linux operating system (except the memes!)

Also, check out:

Original icon base courtesy of lewing@isc.tamu.edu and The GIMP

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

Ategon@programming.dev

anzo@programming.dev

dwraf_of_ignorance@programming.dev

103

GitHub Takes Down Rockchip MPP Repository After FFmpeg Copyright Claim (linuxiac.com)

submitted 3 days ago by cm0002@toast.ooo to c/linux@programming.dev

4 comments fedilink hide all child comments

A GitHub repository maintained by Rockchip has been disabled following a DMCA takedown request filed by a contributor to the FFmpeg project. The company was informed about the problem nearly two years ago, but despite repeated assurances, it has still taken no action to resolve it. In the end, the expected happened.

The complaint alleges that Rockchip’s Media Process Platform (MPP) repository contains multiple files derived directly from FFmpeg’s libavcodec codebase and that the reuse violates the terms of the LGPL license under which FFmpeg is distributed.

For those unfamiliar, Rockchip is a Chinese semiconductor company best known for designing system-on-chip platforms widely used in single-board computers, Android devices, media players, and embedded Linux systems.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] lengau@midwest.social 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

We really need a better answer to stuff like this than DMCA takedowns. They make sense for someone who doesn't want their stuff made available at all, but it's kinda the opposite of what's needed for copyleft violations.