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author | Timothy Gu <timothygu99@gmail.com> | 2013-06-12 03:52:12 +0400 |
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committer | Timothy Gu <timothygu99@gmail.com> | 2013-08-26 20:25:53 +0400 |
commit | f637fa5d334a3207f6c3b29656cd3045f6ecfb09 (patch) | |
tree | 7ade1446ffe9a692daefd0aed1cd6af8386ce70c /doc/general.texi | |
parent | dc1881ee11041f327fe99449bbe317e67eeed1e1 (diff) |
doc/general: Make the license status of the Android libraries clearer
Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michaelni@gmx.at>
(cherry picked from commit 6fe419bf73146655961a373c734e9e4d8826c835)
Signed-off-by: Timothy Gu <timothygu99@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/doc/general.texi b/doc/general.texi index 39b9360c9e..086a280e3a 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 |