diff options
author | Michael Niedermayer <michaelni@gmx.at> | 2012-08-13 14:38:43 +0200 |
---|---|---|
committer | Michael Niedermayer <michaelni@gmx.at> | 2012-08-13 14:38:43 +0200 |
commit | d8c3170c9ff81b5563eba543ff56687bcb7f5127 (patch) | |
tree | 3d99afbb09f2032ef8851736d5f4801a2ba17586 /LICENSE | |
parent | bd70a527129a1c049a8ab38236bf87f7d459df10 (diff) | |
parent | 69665bd6f40f02ecf822f80c05dd2765da2dfa7b (diff) | |
download | ffmpeg-d8c3170c9ff81b5563eba543ff56687bcb7f5127.tar.gz |
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'LICENSE')
-rw-r--r-- | LICENSE | 36 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 13 deletions
@@ -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. |