[FFmpeg-devel] [FFMPEG][OPW] FFmpeg OPW libavfilter task

Michael Niedermayer michaelni at gmx.at
Sat Nov 15 11:48:23 CET 2014


On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 01:53:58PM +0530, arwa arif wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 4:30 PM, Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc
> > wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 01:23:14PM +0530, arwa arif wrote:
> > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 7:21 AM, Michael Niedermayer
> > <michael at niedermayer.cc
> > > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 11:24:00AM +0100, Stefano Sabatini wrote:
> > > > > In data Wednesday 2014-11-12 00:26:26 +0530, arwa arif ha scritto:
> > > > > > I talked to Sergio. This is his reply -
> > > > > > "Hi, Put lgpl on this and use it as you wish. It's free!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Sissi"
> > > > >
> > > > > OK, so I assume it's safe to relicense to LGPL.
> > > >
> > > > i guess, yes
> > > >
> > > > arwa, can you post a patch which replaces the GPL by LGPL in xbr
> > > > and remove xbr from all gpl specific listings ?
> > > > I think stefano is a bit busy atm
> > > >
> > > > also probably best to copy the authors response in the commit message
> > > > or state that he agreed to the change
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Updated the patch.
> >
> > you forgot to update your git after xbr was pushed.
> > the patch should be on top of the current git master in which xbr
> > is already. So it wouldnt add a xbr with differnet license but rather
> > replace the license in the already existing xbr filter.
> >
> > you can update your git with
> > git pull --rebase
> > this will then result in some conflicts due to 2 slightly different
> > vf_xbr.c files and other small changes clement did in the meantime
> > in ffmpeg git
> > you have to edit the files and resolve/remove the conflicts
> > then add the files you changed with git add
> > and then run git rebase --continue
> >
> > then make sure the chnages you have after that are the ones you
> > want
> > the "pull --rebase" likely will have added the xbr filter back in
> > configure and LICENSE.md so you have to remove them again
> >
> > Also add the Note about "Hi, Put lgpl on this and use it as you wish. It's
> > free!"
> > to the commit message
> > you can edit the commit message with
> > git commit --amend
> >
> > And the License header at the top of vf_xbr.c should be replaced
> > by the LGPL one (just copy it from another file).
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > --
> > Michael     GnuPG fingerprint: 9FF2128B147EF6730BADF133611EC787040B0FAB
> >
> > No human being will ever know the Truth, for even if they happen to say it
> > by chance, they would not even known they had done so. -- Xenophanes
> >

>  LICENSE.md           |    1 -
>  configure            |    1 -
>  libavfilter/vf_xbr.c |    4 ++++
>  3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 35334fa4267e818a454943161e8c00844f155bfa  0001-lavfi-xBR-filter.patch
> From 65643e13efcb497dca339c4fccd4c194e1df6d2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Arwa Arif <arwaarif1994 at gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 13:29:31 +0530

> Subject: [PATCH] lavfi : xBR filter Hyllian's message : "Hi, Put lgpl on this
>  and use it as you wish. It's free!"

Commit messages should be formated so that the first line gives a
summary of the changes then theres a blank line and then there can
be details like Hyllian's message


[...]

> + * Changed from GPL to LGPL, in accordance with Hyllian's message:
> + *     On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 11:52 PM, Sérgio <sergiogdb at gmail.com> wrote:
> + *         > Hi, Put lgpl on this and use it as you wish. It's free!
> + *
>   * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
>   * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
>   * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or

The license text, that is the stuff refering to
"the GNU General Public License" below should be replaced by the LGPL,
you can copy and paste the text from another file.

[...]

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