ffmpeg/LICENSE
Michael Niedermayer d8c3170c9f 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
  ...

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	libavcodec/g723_1.c
	libavcodec/x86/Makefile

Merged-by: Michael Niedermayer <michaelni@gmx.at>
2012-08-13 14:38:43 +02:00

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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
files have MIT/X11/BSD-style licenses. In combination the LGPL v2.1+ applies to
FFmpeg.
Some optional parts of FFmpeg are licensed under the GNU General Public License
version 2 or later (GPL v2+). See the file COPYING.GPLv2 for details. None of
these parts are used by default, you have to explicitly pass --enable-gpl to
configure to activate them. In this case, FFmpeg's license changes to GPL v2+.
Specifically, the GPL parts of FFmpeg are
- libpostproc
- libmpcodecs
- optional x86 optimizations in the files
libavcodec/x86/idct_mmx.c
- libutvideo encoding/decoding wrappers in
libavcodec/libutvideo*.cpp
- the X11 grabber in libavdevice/x11grab.c
- the swresample test app in
libswresample/swresample-test.c
- the texi2pod.pl tool
- the following filters in libavfilter:
- vf_blackframe.c
- vf_boxblur.c
- vf_colormatrix.c
- vf_cropdetect.c
- vf_delogo.c
- vf_hqdn3d.c
- vf_mp.c
- vf_super2xsai.c
- vf_tinterlace.c
- vf_yadif.c
- vsrc_mptestsrc.c
There are a handful of files under other licensing terms, namely:
* The files libavcodec/jfdctfst.c, libavcodec/jfdctint_template.c and
libavcodec/jrevdct.c are taken from libjpeg, see the top of the files for
licensing details. Specifically note that you must credit the IJG in the
documentation accompanying your program if you only distribute executables.
You must also indicate any changes including additions and deletions to
those three files in the documentation.
Should you, for whatever reason, prefer to use version 3 of the (L)GPL, then
the configure parameter --enable-version3 will activate this licensing option
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
==================
FFmpeg can be combined with a number of external libraries, which sometimes
affect the licensing of binaries resulting from the combination.
compatible libraries
--------------------
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.