[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] *.rc: add real license to LegalCopyright string

[James Almer]

On 11/12/13 11:03 AM, Ronald S. Bultje wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 8:58 PM, James Almer <jamrial at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 10/12/13 10:45 PM, Timothy Gu wrote:
>>> Signed-off-by: Timothy Gu <timothygu99 at gmail.com>
>>> ---
>>> Depends on the gen-rc patch
>>
>> This can be applied to the rc files in the tree, then to gen-rc
>> in a separate patch once and if that's committed.
>>
>> The patch is good, but IANAL, so I'll let the review to someone
>> more knowledgeable about the whole licensing stuff.
>>
> 
> Why are the .rc files committed to the tree? Shouldn't they be generated
> during the build?
> 
> Ronald

There's no reason they should be generated during the build. They are not 
like pkg-config installed files but actual source files that get compiled.

Timothy wants to add this gen-rc script for potential future usage.