[flexplexx]

So plex profits from yet another GPL software, this time MPD (https://github.com/MusicPlayerDaemon/MPD/blob/master/COPYING)

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?

[untog]

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.

[flexplexx]

" ...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

[flexplexx]

Found this link, but it says access denied.

http://files.plexapp.com/elan/ffmpeg/PlexTranscoder.tar.bz2

source https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/2974

[elanf]

Try https://files.plexapp.com/elan/ffmpeg/PlexNewTranscoder.tar....

[elanf]

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.