Gotta give props to MS for their... open source?!!?
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So like ya know... compiling stuff. Came across a library that needs to be built for a web protocol ([RTMP](https://www.dacast.com/blog/rtmp-real-time-messaging-protocol/)), but it hasn't been maintained in a while. The protocol doesn't need updating itself since its technically deprecated (but still widely used), but the library needs to work with a version of OpenSSL that's not old as dirt (as in less than seven years old). The irony being this protocol is used _everywhere_! It's streaming video support. But this lib for it hasn't been updated in forever. Guessing most folks that release this in binary form patch it but don't release the patch. Ok fine, the changes to pre and post OpenSSL 1.1 code aren't that bad, so I was gonna take a crack at it. However, something told me "why not just Google it first". And lo and behold, MS already made a patch _and_ released it as open source under the MIT license. [vcpkg/ports/librtmp at master · microsoft/vcpkg · GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/tree/master/ports/librtmp) So like, MS... open source? MIT license!? :omg: That's cool, and it saved me some trouble of doing this myself.
Jeremy Falcon
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So like ya know... compiling stuff. Came across a library that needs to be built for a web protocol ([RTMP](https://www.dacast.com/blog/rtmp-real-time-messaging-protocol/)), but it hasn't been maintained in a while. The protocol doesn't need updating itself since its technically deprecated (but still widely used), but the library needs to work with a version of OpenSSL that's not old as dirt (as in less than seven years old). The irony being this protocol is used _everywhere_! It's streaming video support. But this lib for it hasn't been updated in forever. Guessing most folks that release this in binary form patch it but don't release the patch. Ok fine, the changes to pre and post OpenSSL 1.1 code aren't that bad, so I was gonna take a crack at it. However, something told me "why not just Google it first". And lo and behold, MS already made a patch _and_ released it as open source under the MIT license. [vcpkg/ports/librtmp at master · microsoft/vcpkg · GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/tree/master/ports/librtmp) So like, MS... open source? MIT license!? :omg: That's cool, and it saved me some trouble of doing this myself.
Jeremy Falcon
Careful there Jeremy-me-lad. They'll be thinkin' yer one of them Microsoft fanny-boys.
Software Zen:
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Careful there Jeremy-me-lad. They'll be thinkin' yer one of them Microsoft fanny-boys.
Software Zen:
delete this;Ha ha ha... well oops.
Jeremy Falcon