cache: clarify that copyright will be changed to LGPL v2.1 if possible

Clearly the licensing situation isn't confusing enough.

I don't know why that guy insists on LGPLv3.
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@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ interpreted as that his code can be changed to LGPL only as soon as the "core"
of mpv changes to LGPL. We interpret "core" as something minimal, that can
actually be built and run, with all GPL code disabled.
Some files are LGPLv3+. This is due to the contributions of a single developer
going by the SVN username "iive". The chosen license of this project is
LGPLv2.1+. The affected files will be changed to LGPLv2.1+ at the earliest
opportunity, for example if his contributions disappear by being replaced
or removed. All new contributions to these files are implied to be LGPLv2.1+.
LGPL relicensing status:
audio/decode/ad.h LGPL
@ -222,7 +228,7 @@ LGPL relicensing status:
player/video.c extremely hard
stream/ai_* will stay GPL (TV code)
stream/audio_in.* will stay GPL (TV code)
stream/cache.c LGPL 3+
stream/cache.c LGPLv3+
stream/cache_file.c LGPL
stream/cookies.* LGPL
stream/dvb* must stay GPL

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@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
* 84ec57750883 remove unused cache-prefill and create cache-seek-min that...
* 9b0d8c680f63 cache min fill adjustment, based on patch by Jeremy Huddleston
* (iive agreed to LGPL v3+ only. Jeremy agreed to LGPL v2.1 or later.)
* Once these changes are not relevant to for copyright anymore (e.g. because
* they have been removed), this file will change to LGPLv2.1+.
*/
// Time in seconds the main thread waits for the cache thread. On wakeups, the