[FFmpeg-devel] Is it ok to add G.722.1 decoder as external lib?

[Hendrik Leppkes]

On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 11:00 AM Carl Eugen Hoyos <ceffmpeg at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Am 18.09.2019 um 10:52 schrieb Paul B Mahol <onemda at gmail.com>:
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> >> On 9/18/19, Carl Eugen Hoyos <ceffmpeg at gmail.com> wrote:
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> >>> Am 18.09.2019 um 07:34 schrieb Hyun Yoo <easetheworld at gmail.com>:
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> >>> How can I mark the new external codec as “nonfree” in configure?
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> >> Search for “NONFREE” in configure.
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> > Not needed. NONFREE decoders are not alowed in out codebase.
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> Looking at the codebase, this does not seem correct.
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We don't have a single proprietary software decoder/encoder in avcodec.
The only non-free en/decoder we have at all is fdk-aac, which has an
open-source license, but is not deemed entirely compatible with the
GPL.

- Hendrik