[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] tests: switch to a test image that is under public domain

[Andreas Cadhalpun]

On 26.08.2014 01:42, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> From: Andreas Cadhalpun <andreas.cadhalpun at googlemail.com>
>
> ---
>   LICENSE.md                                 |    1 +
>   tests/Makefile                             |    2 +-
>   tests/flower.pnm                           |  Bin 0 -> 196623 bytes
>   tests/lena.pnm                             |  109 ----------------------------
[...]
>   128 files changed, 1161 insertions(+), 1268 deletions(-)
>   create mode 100644 tests/flower.pnm
>   delete mode 100644 tests/lena.pnm
>
> diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE.md
> index e78d932..ccd494f 100644
> --- a/LICENSE.md
> +++ b/LICENSE.md
> @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ There are a handful of files under other licensing terms, namely:
>     You must also indicate any changes including additions and deletions to
>     those three files in the documentation.
>
> +tests/flower.pnm is under public domain

It is disputed whether or not the laws in Germany/Austria allow placing 
work in the public domain [1].
To avoid any doubt, it would be better to change this to something like:

tests/flower.pnm copyrighted by Michael Niedermayer is placed in the 
public domain by licensing it under CCO, see:
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode

Best regards,
Andreas

1: 
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemeinfreiheit#Entlassung_in_die_Gemeinfreiheit