[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] add acceptable licenses to development guidelines

[Diego Biurrun]

On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 01:27:53AM +0100, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> Diego Biurrun <diego at biurrun.de> writes:
> 
> > Since this has recently been a hot topic of discussion, I propose we
> > publish an official list of acceptable licenses, namely LGPL 2.1, GPL
> > 2, both with an explicit "or any later version" clause or MIT.
> >
> > I'm attaching a draft of a patch.
> >
> > --- doc/ffmpeg-doc.texi	(revision 9603)
> > +++ doc/ffmpeg-doc.texi	(working copy)
> > @@ -1551,6 +1551,10 @@
> >  
> >  @enumerate
> >  @item
> > +   Contributions should preferrably be licensed LGPL 2.1, including an
> > +   ``or any later version'' clause.  GPL 2 including an ``or any later
> > +   version'' clause or MIT license are also acceptable.
> 
> I'd like to say that LGPL (or MIT) is preferred over GPL.  I don't
> like for FFmpeg to get even more segregated license-wise than it
> already is.  Cleanly separable parts that for whatever reason must use
> GPL are acceptable, but this should not be a primary choice.

Updated wording attached.

Diego
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