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Commit 291dcdb3 authored by Michael Niedermayer's avatar Michael Niedermayer
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clarify GPL patch acceptance policy 

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...@@ -184,9 +184,9 @@ you need the debug information, used the *_g versions. ...@@ -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 @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 yes, as long as the code is optional and can easily and cleanly be placed under
'--enable-gpl' is passed to configure in which case the resulting binary will #ifdef CONFIG_GPL without breaking anythng, so for example
be covered by the GPL instead of the LGPL 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 @section I want to compile xyz.c alone but my compier produced many errors
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