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authorJanne Grunau <janne-ffmpeg@jannau.net>2011-03-14 21:39:58 +0100
committerJanne Grunau <janne-libav@jannau.net>2011-03-16 21:54:39 +0100
commit070c5d0f3530c16c92b81f3f0de2943410367c00 (patch)
treea4c1d347ae365644b9772167e5dd022cbdf08d5e /LICENSE
parentfed5676ffeba2a37e6233e5fef42dc50d6cfeb64 (diff)
partially rename FFmpeg to Libav
update mailing list references and irc channels in configure
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 8d4d6515b0..3b233c67c1 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-FFmpeg:
+Libav:
-------
-Most files in FFmpeg are under the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1
+Most files in Libav 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.
+Libav.
-Some optional parts of FFmpeg are licensed under the GNU General Public License
+Some optional parts of Libav 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+.
+configure to activate them. In this case, Libav's license changes to GPL v2+.
-Specifically, the GPL parts of FFmpeg are
+Specifically, the GPL parts of Libav are
- libpostproc
- optional x86 optimizations in the files
@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ 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
+conjunction with Libav. They require --enable-gpl to be passed to configure
as well.
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
+those licenses. So to combine the OpenCORE libraries with Libav, the license
version needs to be upgraded by passing --enable-version3 to configure.
-The nonfree external library libfaac can be hooked up in FFmpeg. You need to
+The nonfree external library libfaac can be hooked up in Libav. You need to
pass --enable-nonfree to configure to enable it. Employ this option with care
-as FFmpeg then becomes nonfree and unredistributable.
+as Libav then becomes nonfree and unredistributable.