From 479a5f644f07d78b2de0536d85a094c2f73b0d7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Carl Eugen Hoyos Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 01:18:58 +0200 Subject: LICENSE: Clarify --enable-nonfree. Using the configure option --enable-nonfree makes the resulting binary unredistributable. --- LICENSE.md | 5 +---- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'LICENSE.md') 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 -- cgit v1.2.3