▲ 864 ▼ FFmpeg to Google: Fund Us or Stop Sending Bugs (thenewstack.io) submitted 9 months ago by als@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/opensource@lemmy.ml 115 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 5 points 9 months ago (1 child) You think this even shows up on the radar of company execs? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago (2 children) I imagine they'd be aware of it if YouTube just suddenly stopped working permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago Man, I loved that line about how they could shut down three Amazon projects with a single email. That small bit of leverage against these parasites is all they have. permalink fedilink source parent [–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 1 point 9 months ago* (1 child) They couldn't just make YouTube suddenly stop working. ffmpeg is published under the LGPL license, meaning that all of the published versions are free for anyone to use in anything, as long as they don't modify the ffmpeg library. The only leverage they have over YouTube is that they could stop allowing YouTube to use future versions. That could create headaches for YouTube if it turns out there's major security issues, since then YouTube will need to either solve them with a wrapper / sandbox around the library, or write their own library, but any existing versions in use will always be usable by YouTube. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago Create major security issues on purpose Release and wait for them to update Switch licenses and release fixes Publish vulnerabilities far and wide permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago (2 children) I imagine they'd be aware of it if YouTube just suddenly stopped working permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago Man, I loved that line about how they could shut down three Amazon projects with a single email. That small bit of leverage against these parasites is all they have. permalink fedilink source parent [–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 1 point 9 months ago* (1 child) They couldn't just make YouTube suddenly stop working. ffmpeg is published under the LGPL license, meaning that all of the published versions are free for anyone to use in anything, as long as they don't modify the ffmpeg library. The only leverage they have over YouTube is that they could stop allowing YouTube to use future versions. That could create headaches for YouTube if it turns out there's major security issues, since then YouTube will need to either solve them with a wrapper / sandbox around the library, or write their own library, but any existing versions in use will always be usable by YouTube. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago Create major security issues on purpose Release and wait for them to update Switch licenses and release fixes Publish vulnerabilities far and wide permalink fedilink source parent
[–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago Man, I loved that line about how they could shut down three Amazon projects with a single email. That small bit of leverage against these parasites is all they have. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 1 point 9 months ago* (1 child) They couldn't just make YouTube suddenly stop working. ffmpeg is published under the LGPL license, meaning that all of the published versions are free for anyone to use in anything, as long as they don't modify the ffmpeg library. The only leverage they have over YouTube is that they could stop allowing YouTube to use future versions. That could create headaches for YouTube if it turns out there's major security issues, since then YouTube will need to either solve them with a wrapper / sandbox around the library, or write their own library, but any existing versions in use will always be usable by YouTube. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago Create major security issues on purpose Release and wait for them to update Switch licenses and release fixes Publish vulnerabilities far and wide permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago Create major security issues on purpose Release and wait for them to update Switch licenses and release fixes Publish vulnerabilities far and wide permalink fedilink source parent