[FFmpeg-devel] [Patch] Enable gpl if enabled nonfree

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Hi Diego!

Diego Biurrun <diego <at> biurrun.de> writes:

> On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 12:18:46PM +0000, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
> > Carl Eugen Hoyos <cehoyos <at> rainbow.studorg.tuwien.ac.at> writes:
> > 
> > > --- configure	(revision 13060)
> > > +++ configure	(working copy)
> > > @@ -1336,6 +1336,7 @@
> > >  
> > > +enabled nonfree && enable gpl
> > 
> > I'd like to propose this patch once again.
> > 
> > I think it does not make sense semantically to --enable-gpl --enable-nonfree.
> 
> I object.  We should absolutely not fiddle with license issues
> behind the user's back.

That is what we do now:
We force the user (in some cases) to --enable-gpl. when he actually compiles a
non-free version of FFmpeg.

> It should be an explicit choice made
> by the person running configure.

That is what I propose.

Carl Eugen