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| author | Carl Eugen Hoyos <ceffmpeg@gmail.com> | 2019-05-10 01:18:58 +0200 |
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| committer | Carl Eugen Hoyos <ceffmpeg@gmail.com> | 2019-05-10 01:18:58 +0200 |
| commit | 479a5f644f07d78b2de0536d85a094c2f73b0d7d (patch) | |
| tree | 7c90dfb438335a20af9e9a373d7c0ed8eb8dc894 /LICENSE.md | |
| parent | c8b50ff8f9b3c102765e8b8902db82e9ebf7332c (diff) | |
| download | ffmpeg-479a5f644f07d78b2de0536d85a094c2f73b0d7d.tar.gz | |
LICENSE: Clarify --enable-nonfree.
Using the configure option --enable-nonfree makes the resulting binary unredistributable.
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| -rw-r--r-- | LICENSE.md | 5 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE.md index 6738914e85..c7d6bf7121 100644 --- a/LICENSE.md +++ b/LICENSE.md @@ -103,10 +103,7 @@ license version needs to be upgraded by passing `--enable-version3` to configure There are certain libraries you can combine with FFmpeg whose licenses are not compatible with the GPL and/or the LGPL. If you wish to enable these libraries, even in circumstances that their license may be incompatible, 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 +`--enable-nonfree` to configure. This will cause the resulting binary to be unredistributable. The Fraunhofer FDK AAC and OpenSSL libraries are under licenses which are |