IIRC, Plex have published their fork of ffmpeg. But as a zip file, and the URL is somewhere on their forums. Following the rules to the letter, but definitely not in spirit.
" ...You hadn't exactly gone out of your way to call attention to them had you? I mean like actually telling anyone or anything.' But the plans were on display...' on display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.' `That's the display department.' `With a torch.' `Ah, well the lights had probably gone.' `So had the stairs.' `But look you found the notice didn't you?' `Yes,' said Arthur, `yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying "Beware of The Leopard".”
Still looking for that post
Found this link, but it says access denied.
Please don't spread FUD. Visit out licenses page (linked to by the app itself) at https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/204096476-License-... and you can see we have a direct link to the MPD source we use.
The previous being ffmpeg which they openly admit to have internally forked in the swedish podcast kodsnack.
They must publish their code modifications to comply with GPL.
When is a good time to take these freeloaders to court?