GitHub Takes Down Rockchip MPP Repository After FFmpeg Copyright Claim
4 months ago
- #Rockchip
- #OpenSource
- #DMCA
- GitHub disabled Rockchip's Linux multimedia repository due to a DMCA takedown request.
- The complaint involves Rockchip relicensing FFmpeg-derived code under an incompatible Apache License, violating LGPL terms.
- Rockchip allegedly removed original copyright headers and author info, presenting the code as its own.
- Specific decoder implementations (AV1, H.265, VP9) show identical structures and comments linking them to FFmpeg.
- Rockchip was informed of the issue two years ago but took no corrective action.
- GitHub has disabled public access to the repository, and no counter-notice has been issued.
- Rockchip is a major Chinese semiconductor vendor, with its MPP framework used for hardware-accelerated video processing.