[vlc-devel] configure: check that live555 has our patches applied

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 08:01:20 -0500, Rafaël Carré <funman at videolan.org>
wrote:
> Le Tue, 15 Nov 2011 07:39:58 +0100,
> Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi at remlab.net> a écrit :
> 
>> > Have the bugs been reported upstream ?
>> 
>> Yes. Upstream does not want them because they are "not portable", IIRC.
> 
> Why are the patches GPL and not LGPL ?

That's retaliation for upstream not providing a sane VCS and making our
work a PITA.

The claimed excuse for rejecting the patches was portability anyway.

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Rémi Denis-Courmont
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