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LICENSE: Add missing libraries that need --enable-version3.

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Carl Eugen Hoyos 2019-08-12 02:25:39 +02:00
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@ -100,11 +100,23 @@ The following libraries are under GPL version 2:
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
The following libraries are under LGPL version 3:
- gmp
- libaribb24
- liblensfun
When combining them with FFmpeg, use the configure option `--enable-version3` to
upgrade FFmpeg to the LGPL v3.
The VMAF, mbedTLS, RK MPI, 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.
The smbclient library is under the GPL v3, to combine it with FFmpeg,
the options `--enable-gpl` and `--enable-version3` have to be passed to
configure to upgrade FFmpeg to the GPL v3.
### Incompatible libraries
There are certain libraries you can combine with FFmpeg whose licenses are not