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    FFmpeg README
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    1) Documentation
    
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    * Read the documentation in the doc/ directory.
    
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    2) Licensing
    
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    ------------
    
    
    * Read the file COPYING.LGPL. FFmpeg and the associated libraries EXCEPT
      for libpostproc and libswscale are licensed under the GNU Lesser General
    
      Public License.
    
    * libpostproc and libswscale are distributed under the GNU General Public
    
      License, see the file COPYING.GPL for details. Their compilation and use
      in FFmpeg is optional.
    
    * The file libavcodec/i386/idct_mmx.c is distributed under the GNU General
      Public License. It is strictly an optimization and its use is optional.
    
    
    * The file libavdevice/x11grab.c is distributed under the GNU General
      Public License. X11 grabbing is optional.
    
    
    * The files libavcodec/jfdctfst.c, libavcodec/jfdctint.c, libavcodec/jrevdct.c
      are taken from libjpeg, see the top of the files for licensing details.
    
    * The file libavcodec/fdctref.c is copyrighted by the MPEG Software Simulation
      Group with all rights reserved. It is only used to create a DCT test program
      and not compiled into libavcodec.