LICENCE: add markdown syntax

Reviewed-by: llogan
Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michaelni@gmx.at>

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-FFmpeg:
-
-Most files in FFmpeg are under the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1
-or later (LGPL v2.1+). Read the file COPYING.LGPLv2.1 for details. Some other
-files have MIT/X11/BSD-style licenses. In combination the LGPL v2.1+ applies to
-FFmpeg.
-
-Some optional parts of FFmpeg are licensed under the GNU General Public License
-version 2 or later (GPL v2+). See the file COPYING.GPLv2 for details. None of
-these parts are used by default, you have to explicitly pass --enable-gpl to
-configure to activate them. In this case, FFmpeg's license changes to GPL v2+.
-
-Specifically, the GPL parts of FFmpeg are
-
-- libpostproc
-- libmpcodecs
-- optional x86 optimizations in the files
-  libavcodec/x86/idct_mmx.c
-- libutvideo encoding/decoding wrappers in
-  libavcodec/libutvideo*.cpp
-- the X11 grabber in libavdevice/x11grab.c
-- the swresample test app in
-  libswresample/swresample-test.c
-- the texi2pod.pl tool
-- the following filters in libavfilter:
-    - f_ebur128.c
-    - vf_blackframe.c
-    - vf_boxblur.c
-    - vf_colormatrix.c
-    - vf_cropdetect.c
-    - vf_decimate.c
-    - vf_delogo.c
-    - vf_geq.c
-    - vf_histeq.c
-    - vf_hqdn3d.c
-    - vf_kerndeint.c
-    - vf_mcdeint.c
-    - vf_mp.c
-    - vf_owdenoise.c
-    - vf_perspective.c
-    - vf_phase.c
-    - vf_pp.c
-    - vf_pullup.c
-    - vf_sab.c
-    - vf_smartblur.c
-    - vf_spp.c
-    - vf_stereo3d.c
-    - vf_super2xsai.c
-    - vf_tinterlace.c
-    - vsrc_mptestsrc.c
-
-Should you, for whatever reason, prefer to use version 3 of the (L)GPL, then
-the configure parameter --enable-version3 will activate this licensing option
-for you. Read the file COPYING.LGPLv3 or, if you have enabled GPL parts,
-COPYING.GPLv3 to learn the exact legal terms that apply in this case.
-
-There are a handful of files under other licensing terms, namely:
-
-* The files libavcodec/jfdctfst.c, libavcodec/jfdctint_template.c and
-  libavcodec/jrevdct.c are taken from libjpeg, see the top of the files for
-  licensing details. Specifically note that you must credit the IJG in the
-  documentation accompanying your program if you only distribute executables.
-  You must also indicate any changes including additions and deletions to
-  those three files in the documentation.
-
-
-external libraries
-==================
-
-FFmpeg can be combined with a number of external libraries, which sometimes
-affect the licensing of binaries resulting from the combination.
-
-compatible libraries
---------------------
-
-The following libraries are under GPL:
-    - frei0r
-    - libcdio
-    - libutvideo
-    - libvidstab
-    - libx264
-    - libx265
-    - libxavs
-    - libxvid
-When combining them with FFmpeg, FFmpeg needs to be licensed as GPL as well by
-passing --enable-gpl to configure.
-
-The OpenCORE and VisualOn libraries are under the Apache License 2.0. That
-license is incompatible with the LGPL v2.1 and the GPL v2, but not with
-version 3 of those licenses. So to combine these libraries with FFmpeg, the
-license version needs to be upgraded by passing --enable-version3 to configure.
-
-incompatible libraries
-----------------------
-
-The Fraunhofer AAC library, FAAC and aacplus are under licenses which
-are incompatible with the GPLv2 and v3. We do not know for certain if their
-licenses are compatible with the LGPL.
-If you wish to enable these libraries, pass --enable-nonfree to configure.
-But note that if you enable any of these libraries the resulting binary will
-be under a complex license mix that is more restrictive than the LGPL and that
-may result in additional obligations. It is possible that these
-restrictions cause the resulting binary to be unredistributeable.