[Libav-user] decoding mp3

[Stefano Sabatini]

On date Monday 2013-11-25 22:39:36 +0000, Carl Eugen Hoyos nutted:
> Michael Winter <mwinter at ...> writes:
> 
> > What is used for decoding mp3?
> 
> The mp3 (or mpegaudio) decoder.
> (Sorry.)
> 
> > Does it comply with the --enable-nonfree compilation?
> 
> This question makes no sense to me, I suspect "nonfree" 
> means something something completely different for you 
> than for the FFmpeg developers.
> 
> The --enable-nonfree option of configure allows you 
> to compile external libraries that are only available 
> under a software license that is not compatible with 
> the GPL. It is mostly needed for aac encoders like 
> libfaac. It has no meaning for any internal parts 
> of FFmpeg, FFmpeg does not contain any code that is 
> not licensed under GPL or LGPL.
> (The mp3 decoder is an internal part of FFmpeg.)

Just let me note that "--enable-nonfree" is an incredibly poor and
confusing name choice (what is "free"?, why should a non-GPL license
be considered "non-free"?). Thus it is almost inevitable that it will
confuse people.

"free" is a vastly generic term and should not be used in technical
context. A possibly better choice would be "--enable-non-rms-free".