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LICENSE: Clarify --enable-nonfree.

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Using the configure option --enable-nonfree makes the resulting binary unredistributable.
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Carl Eugen Hoyos 2019-05-10 01:18:58 +02:00
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@ -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 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 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 libraries, even in circumstances that their license may be incompatible, pass
`--enable-nonfree` to configure. But note that if you enable any of these `--enable-nonfree` to configure. This will cause the resulting binary to be
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
unredistributable. unredistributable.
The Fraunhofer FDK AAC and OpenSSL libraries are under licenses which are The Fraunhofer FDK AAC and OpenSSL libraries are under licenses which are