avconv: move format to options context

[coroid/libav_saccubus.git] / LICENSE

diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 5817658..725995d 100644 (file)
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,23 +1,20 @@
-FFmpeg:
--------
+Libav:
+------
 
-Most files in FFmpeg are under the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1
+Most files in Libav 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.
+Libav.
 
-Some optional parts of FFmpeg are licensed under the GNU General Public License
+Some optional parts of Libav 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+.
+configure to activate them. In this case, Libav's license changes to GPL v2+.
 
-Specifically, the GPL parts of FFmpeg are
+Specifically, the GPL parts of Libav are
 
 - libpostproc
-- some x86 optimizations in libswscale
 - optional x86 optimizations in the files
-  libavcodec/x86/h264_deblock_sse2.asm
-  libavcodec/x86/h264_idct_sse2.asm
   libavcodec/x86/idct_mmx.c
 - the X11 grabber in libavdevice/x11grab.c
 
@@ -36,10 +33,14 @@ external libraries:
 -------------------
 
 Some external libraries, e.g. libx264, are under GPL and can be used in
-conjunction with FFmpeg. They require --enable-gpl to be passed to configure
+conjunction with Libav. They require --enable-gpl to be passed to configure
 as well.
 
-The nonfree external libraries libamrnb, libamrwb and libfaac can be hooked up
-in FFmpeg. You need to pass --enable-nonfree to configure to enable them. Employ
-this option with care as FFmpeg then becomes nonfree and unredistributable.
-Note that libfaac claims to be LGPL, but is not.
+The OpenCORE external 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 the OpenCORE libraries with Libav, the license
+version needs to be upgraded by passing --enable-version3 to configure.
+
+The nonfree external library libfaac can be hooked up in Libav. You need to
+pass --enable-nonfree to configure to enable it. Employ this option with care
+as Libav then becomes nonfree and unredistributable.