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authorMichael Niedermayer <michaelni@gmx.at>2012-08-13 14:38:43 +0200
committerMichael Niedermayer <michaelni@gmx.at>2012-08-13 14:38:43 +0200
commitd8c3170c9ff81b5563eba543ff56687bcb7f5127 (patch)
tree3d99afbb09f2032ef8851736d5f4801a2ba17586 /LICENSE
parentbd70a527129a1c049a8ab38236bf87f7d459df10 (diff)
parent69665bd6f40f02ecf822f80c05dd2765da2dfa7b (diff)
Merge remote-tracking branch 'qatar/master'
* qatar/master: (22 commits) g723.1: do not pass large structs by value g723.1: do not bounce intermediate values via memory g723.1: declare a variable in the block it is used g723.1: avoid saving/restoring excitation g723.1: avoid unnecessary memcpy() in residual_interp() g723.1: make postfilter write directly to output buffer g723.1: drop unnecessary variable buf_ptr in formant_postfilter() g723.1: make scale_vector() output to a separate buffer g723.1: make autocorr_max() work on an arbitrary buffer g723.1: do not needlessly use int64_t g723.1: use saturating addition functions g723.1: optimise scale_vector() g723.1: remove useless uses of MUL64() g723.1: remove unnecessary argument 'shift' from dot_product() g723.1: deobfuscate "(x << 4) - x" to "15 * x" celp: optimise ff_celp_lp_synthesis_filter() libavutil: add saturating addition functions cllc: Implement ARGB support cllc: Add support for QRGB cllc: Rename some funcs to represent what they actually do ... Conflicts: LICENSE libavcodec/g723_1.c libavcodec/x86/Makefile Merged-by: Michael Niedermayer <michaelni@gmx.at>
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diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 1607742b0c..7dff535a72 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
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
@@ -51,18 +50,29 @@ 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.
-external libraries:
--------------------
+external libraries
+==================
-Some external libraries, e.g. libx264, are under GPL and can be used in
-conjunction with FFmpeg. They require --enable-gpl to be passed to configure
-as well.
+FFmpeg can be combined with a number of external libraries, which sometimes
+affect the licensing of binaries resulting from the combination.
-The OpenCORE external 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 the OpenCORE libraries with FFmpeg, the license
-version needs to be upgraded by passing --enable-version3 to configure.
+compatible libraries
+--------------------
-The nonfree external libraries libfaac and libaacplus can be hooked up in FFmpeg.
-You need to pass --enable-nonfree to configure to enable it. Employ this option
-with care as FFmpeg then becomes nonfree and unredistributable.
+The libcdio, libx264, libxavs and libxvid libraries are under GPL. 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 incompatible
+with all (L)GPL versions. Thus, unfortunately, since both licenses cannot be
+satisfied simultaneously, binaries resulting from the combination of FFmpeg
+with these libraries are nonfree und unredistributable. If you wish to enable
+any of these libraries nonetheless, pass --enable-nonfree to configure.