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Re:Twenty One Zero-Days in FFmpeg by lostglass on Saturday June 13, 2026 @02:48PM (#48520239)
Sorry I was painting a broad image. I'm also worried about copyright infringement, discovery, someone switching to a different different that requires glpl, etc
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Re:Twenty One Zero-Days in FFmpeg by throwaway2037 on Saturday June 13, 2026 @07:31PM (#48522531)
You raise a good point. You can substitute "MP3" with any patent-/copyright-/license-laden important media codec and you will face the same issues. Your comment would be very timely in the year 2005, when MP3 licensing was a serious issue for game devs.
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