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| author | Timothy Gu <timothygu99@gmail.com> | 2013-06-11 16:52:12 -0700 |
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| committer | Michael Niedermayer <michaelni@gmx.at> | 2013-06-14 03:58:39 +0200 |
| commit | 6fe419bf73146655961a373c734e9e4d8826c835 (patch) | |
| tree | 26215d28c33ad3e44fce1f68eaa814b4037600cb | |
| parent | cef42ded8dd099bfc8de6cfcf75c579d13e582ad (diff) | |
| download | ffmpeg-6fe419bf73146655961a373c734e9e4d8826c835.tar.gz | |
doc/general: Make the license status of the Android libraries clearer
Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michaelni@gmx.at>
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/general.texi | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/general.texi b/doc/general.texi index a83b55e13f..76325324d6 100644 --- a/doc/general.texi +++ b/doc/general.texi @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ instructions. To enable using OpenJPEG in FFmpeg, pass @code{--enable-libopenjp @file{./configure}. -@section OpenCORE and VisualOn libraries +@section OpenCORE, VisualOn, and Fraunhofer libraries Spun off Google Android sources, OpenCore, VisualOn and Fraunhofer libraries provide encoders for a number of audio codecs. @@ -32,9 +32,14 @@ libraries provide encoders for a number of audio codecs. @float NOTE OpenCORE and VisualOn libraries are under the Apache License 2.0 (see @url{http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0} for details), which is -incompatible with the LGPL version 2.1 and GPL version 2. You have to +incompatible to the LGPL version 2.1 and GPL version 2. You have to upgrade FFmpeg's license to LGPL version 3 (or if you have enabled -GPL components, GPL version 3) to use it. +GPL components, GPL version 3) by passing @code{--enable-version3} to configure in +order to use it. + +The Fraunhofer AAC library is licensed under a license incompatible to the GPL +and is not known to be compatible to the LGPL. Therefore, you have to pass +@code{--enable-nonfree} to configure to use it. @end float @subsection OpenCORE AMR |