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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 (www.tomshardware.com)
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[-] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 27 points 3 months ago

Sounds like it will be fixed soon

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


[-] Morphit@feddit.uk 9 points 3 months ago

Oh wow, so they actually stripped off the attribution to ffmpeg and slapped their own name and license in place of it. Now they're forced to restored the license they're working to rewrite it all themselves so they can delete the copyrighted code. They're so sorry though.

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