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Re:FFmpeg has issued a DMCA takedown on GitHub by FpUser on Friday December 26, 2025 @02:52PM (#46395517)
How does

"Distributing buildable source under Apache 2.0 would surely qualify too"

reconcile with

"doesn't own the copyright to FFMPEG and simply doesn't have the legal authority to release it under any license other than the LGPL"

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Re:FFmpeg has issued a DMCA takedown on GitHub by dtech on Friday December 26, 2025 @03:02PM (#46395625)
You can distribute your own code under Apache along with FFMpeg under LGPL in one download
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Re:FFmpeg has issued a DMCA takedown on GitHub by 8note on Friday December 26, 2025 @02:59PM (#46395585)
if they licenced their own code under apache 2.0 as buildable with the lgpl ffmeg code, without relicensing ffmeg as apache itself
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