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wm4 6dde9ab27a player: change license of most core files to LGPL 
These files have all in common that they were fully or mostly taken from
mplayer.c. (mplayer.c was a huge file that contains almost all of the
playback core, until it was split into multiple parts.) This was
probably the hardest part to relicense, because so much code was moved
around all the time.

player/audio.c still does not compile. We'll have to redo audio
filtering. Once that is done, we can probably actually provide an
actual LGPL configure switch.

Here is a relatively detailed list of potential issues:

8d190244: author did not reply, parts were made GPL-only in a previous
commit.
7882ea9b: author could not be reached, but the code is gone. wscript
still has --datadir switch, but I don't think this is relevant to
copyright.
f197efd5: unclear origin, but I consider the code gone anyway (replaced
with generic OSD mechanisms).
8337d9c2: author did not reply, but only the option still exists (under
a different name), other code was removed.
d8fd7131: did not reply. Disabled in a previous commit.
05258251: same author as above. Both fields actually seem to have
vanished (even when tracking renames), so no action taken.
d459e644, 268b2c1a: author did not reply, but we reuse only the options
(with different names and slightly or fully different semantics, and
completely different implementations), so I don't think this is relevant
for copyright.
09e742fe, 17c39c4e: same as above.
e8a173de, bff4b3ee: author could not be reached. The commands were
reworked to properties, and the code outside of the TV code were moved
back to the TV code. So I don't think copyright applies to the current
command.c parts (mp_property_tv_color, mp_property_tv_freq,
mp_property_tv_scan). The TV parts remain GPL.
0810e427: could not be reached. Disabled in a previous commit.
43744a2d: unknown author, but this was replaced by dynamic alloc (if the
change is even copyrightable).
116ca0c7: unknown author; reasoning see input.c relicensing commit.
e7e4d1d8: these semantics still exist, but as generic code, and this
code was fully removed.
f1175cd9: the author of the cited patch is unknown, and upon inspection
it turns out that I was only using the idea to pause the player on EOF,
so I claim it's not copyright relevant.
25affdcc: author could not be reached (yet) - but it's only a function
rename, not copyrightable.

5728504c was committed by Arpi (who agreed), but hints that it might be
by a different author. In fact it seems to be mostly this patch:
http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-dev-eng/2001-November/002041.html
The author did not respond, but it all seems to have been removed later.
It's a terrible mess though. Arpi reverted the A-V sync code at first,
but left the RTC code for a while. The following commits remove these
changes 100%: 14b35442, 7181a091, 31482783, 614f8475, df58e822.

cehoyos did explicitly not agree to LGPL, but was involved in the
following changes:
c99d8fc8: applied a patch and didn't modify it, the original author
agreed.
40ac0d31: author could not be reached, but all code is gone anyway. The
"af" command has a similar function, but works completely different and
actually reuses a mechanism older than this patch.
54350436: applied a patch, but didn't modify it, except for adding a
German translation, which was removed later.
a2dda036: same situation as above
240b743e: this was made GPL-only in a previous commit
7b25afd7: same as above (for now)

kirijua could not be reached, but was a regular patch contributor:
c2c997fd: video equalizer code move; probably not copyrightable. Is GPL
due to Nick anyway.
be54f481: technically, this became the audio track property later. But
all what is left is the fact that you pass a track ID to it, so consider
the original coypright non-relevant.
2f376d1b: this was rewritten in b7052b43, but for now we can afford to
be careful, so this was marked as GPL only in a previous commit.
43844d09: remaining parts in main.c were reverted in a previous commit.

anders has mostly disagreed with the LGPL relicensing. Does not want
libaf to become LGPL, but made some concessions. In particular, he
granted us permission to relicense 4943e9c52c and 242aa6ebd4. We also
consider some of his changes remaining in mpv not relevant for copyright
(such as 735de602 - we won't remove the this option completely). We will
completely remove his other contributions, including the entire audio
filter chain. For now, this stuff is marked as GPL only. The remaining
question is how much code in player/audio.c (based on the former
mplayer.c and dec_audio.c) is under his copyright. I made claims about
this in a previous commit.

Nick(ols) Kurshev, svn username "nick" and "nickols_k", could not be
reached. He had a lot of changes in early MPlayer. It seems all of that
was removed, at least in mpv. His main work, like VIDIX or libswscale
work, does not exist in mpv anymore, but the changes to mplayer.c and
other core parts still deserve attention:
a4119f6b, fb927549, ad3529b8, e11b23dc, 5f2178be, 93c371d5: removed in
b43d67e0, d1628d12, 24ed01fe, df58e822.
0a83c6ec, 104c125e, 4e067f62, aec5dcc8, b587a3d6, f3de6e6b: DR, VAA, and
"tune" stuff was fully removed later on or replaced with other
mechanisms.
340183b0: screenshots were redone later (the VOCTRL was even removed,
with an independent implementation using the same VOCTRL a few years
later), so not relevant anymore. Basically only the 's' shortcut remains
(but not its implementation).
92c5c274, bffd4007, 555c6766: for now marked as GPL only in a previous
commit.

Might contain some trace amounts of "michael"'s copyright, who agreed to
LGPL only once the core is relicensed. This will still be respected, but
I don't think it matters at this in this case. (Some code touched by him
was merged into mplayer.c, and then disappeared after heavy
refactoring.)

I tried to be as careful and as complete as possible. It can't be
excluded that amends to this will be made later.

This does not make the player LGPL yet.
2017-06-23 16:55:02 +02:00

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mpv is a fork of mplayer2, which is a fork of MPlayer.
mpv as a whole is licensed as GPL version 2 or later (see LICENSE). Most source
files are GPLv2+, but some files are available under a more liberal license,
such as LGPLv2.1+, BSD, MIT, ISC, and possibly others. Look at the copyright
header of each source file, and grep the sources for "Copyright" if you need
to know details. C source files without Copyright notice are licensed as
LGPLv2.1+. Also see the list of files with specific licenses below (not all
files can have a standard license header).
All new contributions must be LGPLv2.1+ licensed, or if the changes are done on
GPL code, must come with the implicit agreement that the project can relicense
the code to LGPLv2.1+ at a later point without asking the contributor. (This
is a safeguard for making potential relicensing of the project to LGPLv2.1+
easier.) Using a more liberal license compatible to LGPLv2.1+ is also ok.
For information about authors and contributors, consult the git log, which
contains the complete SVN and CVS history as well.
Note that mplayer2 as a whole is licensed under GPLv3+. This is because it uses
a copy of talloc (part of Samba), which is LGPLv3+, and the next compatible
license for this mix is GPLv3+.
MPlayer as a whole is licensed under GPLv2 (incompatible to GPLv3!), because
some files are licensed to GPLv2 (and _not_ any later version of the license).
In particular, this affects the file libmpdemux/demux_ty_osd.c. It is disabled
under mplayer2, and has been removed from mpv.
"v2.1+" in this context means "version 2.1 or later".
Some libraries are GPLv2+ or GPLv3+ only. Building mpv with Samba support makes
it GPLv3+.
Source files with specific licenses:
- etc/input.conf is LGPLv2.1+
- etc/builtin.conf is LGPLv2.1+
- etc/encoding-profiles.conf is LGPLv2.1+
- everything else under etc/ is unknown
- everything under DOCS/man/ is GPLv2+
- sub/osd_font.otf is LGPLv2.1+
- version.sh is LGPLv2+
- bootstrap.py is unknown (probably GPLv2+ or LGPLv2+)
- wscript: GPLv2+ (due to 98fca3531841221b)
Some files are marked with "Almost LGPL." These files are GPL, but all authors
have agreed to relicense them to LGPL. the problem is that one of the authors is
Michael Niedermayer, who cited the following conditions for relicensing:
http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-dev-eng/2016-September/073535.html
We assume the first 3 conditions are fulfilled. The last condition can be
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. Files which require some sort of action to get a basic
LGPL player core (relicensing, replacement, or partial/full rewrites) are marked
with an "x".
audio/decode/ad.h LGPL
audio/decode/ad_lavc.c LGPL
audio/decode/ad_spdif.c LGPL
audio/decode/dec_audio.* LGPL
x audio/filter/af.* must be killed (main author disagreed)
(required for LGPL core: a new filter chain must be written)
audio/filter/af_channel.c must be killed (main author disagreed)
audio/filter/af_equalizer.c must be killed (main author disagreed)
audio/filter/af_pan.c must be killed (main author disagreed)
audio/filter/af_volume.c must be killed (main author disagreed)
audio/filter/equalizer.h must be killed (main author disagreed)
audio/filter/tools.c must be killed (main author disagreed)
audio/filter/af_format.c LGPL
audio/filter/af_lavc3enc.c LGPL
audio/filter/af_lavfi.c LGPL
audio/filter/af_scaletempo.c LGPL
audio/filter/af_rubberband.c LGPL
audio/out/ao.c LGPL
audio/out/ao.h LGPL
audio/out/ao_alsa.c extremely hard (original author did not decide)
audio/out/ao_audiounit.m LGPL
audio/out/ao_coreaudio.c LGPL
audio/out/ao_coreaudio_chmap.c LGPL
audio/out/ao_coreaudio_chmap.h LGPL
audio/out/ao_coreaudio_exclusiv LGPL
audio/out/ao_coreaudio_properti LGPL
audio/out/ao_coreaudio_properti LGPL
audio/out/ao_coreaudio_utils.c LGPL
audio/out/ao_coreaudio_utils.h LGPL
audio/out/ao_jack.c will stay GPL
audio/out/ao_lavc.c LGPL
audio/out/ao_null.c LGPL
audio/out/ao_openal.c unknown
audio/out/ao_opensles.c LGPL
audio/out/ao_oss.c will stay GPL
audio/out/ao_pcm.c LGPL
audio/out/ao_pulse.c LGPL
audio/out/ao_rsound.c LGPL
audio/out/ao_sdl.c LGPL
audio/out/ao_sndio.c LGPL (BSD)
audio/out/ao_wasapi.c LGPL
audio/out/ao_wasapi_changenotif LGPL
audio/out/ao_wasapi.h LGPL
audio/out/ao_wasapi_utils.c LGPL
audio/out/internal.h LGPL
audio/out/pull.c LGPL
audio/out/push.c LGPL
x audio/audio.* very hard (mp_audio based of anders' af_audio)
(required for LGPL core: determine if the struct can be used anyway, or
devise a cheap AVFrame wrapper)
audio/audio_buffer.* LGPL
audio/chmap.* LGPL
audio/chmap_sel.* LGPL
audio/fmt-conversion.* LGPL
audio/format.* LGPL
common/av_common.* LGPL
common/av_log.c almost LGPL
common/av_log.h LGPL
common/codecs.* LGPL
common/common.* LGPL
common/encode.h LGPL
common/encode_lavc.* LGPL
common/global.h LGPL
common/msg.c almost LGPL
common/msg_control.h LGPL
common/msg.h LGPL
common/playlist.* LGPL
common/recorder.* LGPL
common/tags.* LGPL
common/version.c LGPL
demux/codec_tags.* LGPL
demux/cue.* LGPL
demux/demux.* LGPL
demux/demux_cue.c LGPL
demux/demux_disc.c LGPL
demux/demux_edl.c LGPL
demux/demux_lavf.c almost LGPL
demux/demux_libarchive.c LGPL
demux/demux_mf.c hard
demux/demux_mkv.c LGPL (mostly)
demux/demux_mkv_timeline.c LGPL
demux/demux_null.c LGPL
demux/demux_playlist.c LGPL
demux/demux_rar.c LGPL
demux/demux_raw.c unknown
demux/demux_timeline.c LGPL
demux/demux_tv.c will stay GPL
demux/ebml.* LGPL
demux/matroska.h LGPL
demux/packet.* LGPL
demux/stheader.h LGPL
demux/timeline.* LGPL
input/cmd_* LGPL
input/event.* LGPL
input/input.* LGPL
input/ipc.c LGPL
input/ipc-unix.c LGPL
input/ipc-win.c LGPL
input/keycodes.* LGPL
input/pipe-win32.c LGPL
libmpv/*.* LGPL
misc/*.* LGPL
options/m_config.* LGPL
options/m_option.c almost LGPL
options/m_option.h LGPL
options/m_property.* LGPL
options/options.* LGPL
options/parse_commandline.* LGPL
options/parse_configfile.* LGPL
options/path.* LGPL
osdep/android/* LGPL (BSD)
osdep/ar/* LGPL (BSD)
osdep/atomic.h LGPL
osdep/compiler.h LGPL
osdep/endian.h LGPL
osdep/glob-win.c LGPL
osdep/io.* LGPL
osdep/macosx_application.h unknown
osdep/macosx_application.m unknown
osdep/macosx_application_objc.h unknown
osdep/macosx_compat.h unknown
osdep/macosx_events.* unknown
osdep/macosx_events_objc.h unknown
osdep/macosx_touchbar.* unknown
osdep/macosx_versions.h unknown
osdep/main-fn-cocoa.c LGPL
osdep/main-fn.h LGPL
osdep/main-fn-unix.c LGPL
osdep/main-fn-win.c LGPL
osdep/mpv.exe.manifest LGPL
osdep/mpv.rc LGPL
osdep/path.h LGPL
osdep/path-macosx.m LGPL
osdep/path-unix.c LGPL
osdep/path-win.c LGPL
osdep/semaphore.h LGPL
osdep/semaphore_osx.c LGPL
osdep/strnlen.h LGPL
osdep/subprocess.* LGPL
osdep/subprocess-posix.c LGPL
osdep/subprocess-win.c LGPL
osdep/terminal.h LGPL
osdep/terminal-unix.c LGPL
osdep/terminal-win.c LGPL
osdep/threads.* LGPL
osdep/timer.c LGPL
osdep/timer.h LGPL
osdep/timer-darwin.c LGPL (MIT)
osdep/timer-linux.c LGPL
osdep/timer-win2.c LGPL
osdep/w32_keyboard.c unknown
osdep/w32_keyboard.h unknown
osdep/win32-console-wrapper.c LGPL (BSD)
osdep/win32/* LGPL (ISC)
osdep/windows_utils.* LGPL
x player/audio.c LGPL (dysfunctional due to libaf)
player/client.* LGPL (ISC)
player/command.c LGPL
player/command.h LGPL
player/configfiles.c LGPL
player/core.h LGPL
player/external_files.* LGPL
player/lavfi.* LGPL
player/loadfile.c LGPL
player/lua/*.* LGPL
player/lua.c LGPL
player/misc.c LGPL
player/osd.c LGPL
player/playloop.c LGPL
player/screenshot.* LGPL
player/scripting.* LGPL
player/sub.c LGPL
player/video.c LGPL
stream/ai_* will stay GPL (TV code)
stream/audio_in.* will stay GPL (TV code)
stream/cache.c LGPLv3+
stream/cache_file.c LGPL
stream/cookies.* LGPL
stream/dvb* must stay GPL
stream/frequencies.* must stay GPL
stream/rar.* LGPL
stream/stream_avdevice.c unknown
stream/stream_bluray.c unknown
stream/stream.* LGPL
stream/stream_cb.c LGPL
stream/stream_cdda.c unknown
stream/stream_dvb.* must stay GPL
stream/stream_dvd.c unknown
stream/stream_dvd_common.* unknown
stream/stream_dvdnav.c unknown
stream/stream_edl.c LGPL
stream/stream_file.c LGPL
stream/stream_lavf.c LGPL
stream/stream_libarchive.* LGPL
stream/stream_memory.c LGPL
stream/stream_mf.c unknown
stream/stream_null.c LGPL
stream/stream_rar.c LGPL
stream/stream_smb.c will stay GPLv3
stream/stream_tv.c will stay GPL
stream/tv* will stay GPL
sub/* LGPL
ta/* LGPL (ISC)
video/decode/d3d.* LGPL
video/decode/dec_video.* almost LGPL
video/decode/hw_cuda.c LGPL
video/decode/hw_d3d11va.c LGPL
video/decode/hw_dxva2.c LGPL
video/decode/hw_videotoolbox.c LGPL
video/decode/lavc.h almost LGPLv3+
video/decode/vd.h LGPL
video/decode/vd_lavc.c almost LGPLv3+
video/filter/refqueue.* LGPL
video/filter/vf.c LGPL
video/filter/vf.h LGPL (mostly)
video/filter/vf_buffer.c LGPL
video/filter/vf_crop.c will be deleted
video/filter/vf_d3d11vpp.c LGPL
video/filter/vf_dsize.c will be deleted
video/filter/vf_eq.c will be deleted
video/filter/vf_expand.c will be deleted
video/filter/vf_flip.c will be deleted
video/filter/vf_format.c will be deleted
video/filter/vf_gradfun.c will be deleted
video/filter/vf_lavfi.* LGPL
video/filter/vf_mirror.c will be deleted
video/filter/vf_noformat.c will be deleted
video/filter/vf_pullup.c will be deleted
video/filter/vf_rotate.c will be deleted
video/filter/vf_scale.c will be deleted
video/filter/vf_stereo3d.c will be deleted
video/filter/vf_sub.c will be deleted
video/filter/vf_vapoursynth.c LGPL
video/filter/vf_vavpp.c LGPL
video/filter/vf_vdpaupp.c LGPL
video/filter/vf_yadif.c will be deleted
video/csputils.* LGPL
video/fmt-conversion.* LGPL
video/gpu_memcpy.* will be deleted
video/hwdec.* LGPL
video/image_writer.* LGPL
video/img_format.* LGPL
video/mp_image.* almost LGPL
video/mp_image_pool.* LGPL
video/out/aspect.* LGPL
video/out/bitmap_packer.* LGPL
video/out/cocoa* unknown
video/out/d3d_shader_420p.h LGPL
video/out/d3d_shader_nv12.h LGPL
video/out/d3d_shader_yuv.hlsl LGPL
video/out/dither.* LGPL
video/out/drm_common.* LGPL
video/out/filter_kernels.* LGPL (BSD)
video/out/opengl/hwdec_vaglx.c GPL
video/out/opengl/* LGPL
video/out/vo.c LGPL
video/out/vo.h LGPL
video/out/vo_caca.c unknown
video/out/vo_direct3d.c unknown
video/out/vo_drm.c LGPL
video/out/vo_image.c LGPL
video/out/vo_lavc.c LGPL
video/out/vo_null.c LGPL
video/out/vo_opengl.c LGPL
video/out/vo_opengl_cb.c LGPL
video/out/vo_rpi.c LGPL
video/out/vo_sdl.c LGPL
video/out/vo_tct.c LGPL
video/out/vo_vaapi.c probably impossible (some company's code)
video/out/vo_vdpau.c probably impossible (nVidia's code)
video/out/vo_wayland.c LGPL
video/out/vo_x11.c probably impossible
video/out/vo_xv.c probably impossible
video/out/w32_common.* medium
video/out/wayland* LGPL
video/out/win32/* LGPL
video/out/win_state.* LGPL
video/out/x11_common.* probably impossible
video/out/x11_icon.bin must stay GPL
video/sws_utils.* LGPL
video/vaapi.* hard (GPL-only parts must be ifdefed)
video/vdpau.c hard (GPL-only parts must be ifdefed)
video/vdpau_functions.inc LGPL
video/vdpau.h unknown
video/vdpau_mixer.* actual code must be rewritten
video/vt.* LGPL
Other:
x Logo GPL (?), might have to exclude from LGPL builds
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