filister@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.ml · 25 days agoChinese 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 Hardwarewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10 cross-posted to: linux@programming.dev
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minus-squareVincent@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·25 days agoThe 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.
minus-squaretabular@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-225 days agoBut sharing code is when a license like LGPL really has an effect in what you must do to comply…
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.
But sharing code is when a license like LGPL really has an effect in what you must do to comply…