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| author | Bradley Sepos <[email protected]> | 2016-06-09 10:09:03 -0400 |
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| committer | Bradley Sepos <[email protected]> | 2016-06-10 06:47:23 -0400 |
| commit | dc5b55d5d9840d3f9884e2ae06226e67bc632891 (patch) | |
| tree | 37dde4b561706da93e687cf6afd16c00e560d2c9 /LICENSE | |
| parent | 4396b28e53ced1567d8c43919d1a151c99b3256f (diff) | |
GPLv2
Add LICENSE (notes on all applicable licenses, including contrib licenses) to supplement COPYING (HandBrake's GPLv2 license).
Idea taken from LibAV's LICENSE:
https://github.com/libav/libav/blob/9e8bbe7d4d1dcd5fec491dbfbb98ed2038a7bed5/LICENSE
Diffstat (limited to 'LICENSE')
| -rw-r--r-- | LICENSE | 17 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE new file mode 100644 index 000000000..623f75251 --- /dev/null +++ b/LICENSE @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +HandBrake License + +Most files in HandBrake are under the GNU General Public License Version 2 +(GPLv2) license; read the file COPYING for details. + +Some files are under the GNU General Public License Version 2 or any later +version (GPLv2+), the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1 or any later +version (LGPLv2.1+), or BSD/MIT/X11-style licenses. In combination, the GPLv2 +license applies to HandBrake. + +The Fraunhofer AAC library (fdk-aac) is under a license incompatible with the +GPLv2 license. Since both licenses cannot be satisfied simultaneously, binaries +resulting from the combination of HandBrake and fdk-aac are neither free nor +redistributable. As a result, fdk-aac is by default not included in HandBrake. +If you wish to include fdk-aac in your personal build of HandBrake, you may do +so by passing --enable-fdk-aac to configure and making sure not to distribute +any resulting binaries. Please read the fdk-aac license for details. |