On May 12, 2019, at 11:54 AM, Nicolas George <[email protected]> wrote: > > Tim Jones (12019-05-12): > >> --disable-all-proprietary/--enable-all-proprietary > > As for this one, on the other hand, there will be opposition: we do not > want encourage users to use proprietary software. In fact, there is > currently a discussion to refuse including new proprietary components, > and possibly getting rid of the ones we included without thinking.
I don't want to start a thread war here, but isn't the purpose of any toolchain to allow for the support of a given task? If there isn't a FOSS option and an easily obtained proprietary solution exists, why block it? This is one of the things I hear from new Linux users when running into the FOSS vs. proprietary brick walls - they just want a platform that works. The FUD that is continuously promoted concerning adding non-FOSS components - Nvidia drivers, ATTO drivers, HighPoint drivers, custom audio device drivers - has caused a number of potentially large Linux opportunities to move to Windows. I've long been a proponent of FOSS where it is apropos, but I also understand Heinlein's TNSTAAFL :) . -- Tim _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list [email protected] https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email [email protected] with subject "unsubscribe".
