LICENSE: Clarify --enable-nonfree.

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
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