Commit 9342ec7c authored by michael's avatar michael

clarify GPL patch acceptance policy


git-svn-id: file:///var/local/repositories/ffmpeg/trunk@4588 9553f0bf-9b14-0410-a0b8-cfaf0461ba5b
parent a0b2def8
......@@ -184,9 +184,9 @@ you need the debug information, used the *_g versions.
@section I do not like the LGPL, can I contribute code under the GPL instead
yes, ffmpeg contains GPL and LGPL code, the GPL code is only compiled if
'--enable-gpl' is passed to configure in which case the resulting binary will
be covered by the GPL instead of the LGPL
yes, as long as the code is optional and can easily and cleanly be placed under
#ifdef CONFIG_GPL without breaking anythng, so for example
a new codec or filter would be ok under GPL while a bugfix to LGPL code wont
@section I want to compile xyz.c alone but my compier produced many errors
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