[FFmpeg-devel] On in-tree external headers

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

2017-11-01 1:34 GMT+01:00 Mark Thompson <sw at jkqxz.net>:
> On 01/11/17 00:29, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
>> 2017-11-01 1:23 GMT+01:00 Mark Thompson <sw at jkqxz.net>:
>>
>>> Or libx264, which also lacks headers inside ffmpeg.  (We
>>> could dynamically load libx264 using reverse-enginereed
>>> non-GPL headers and then be able to enable it everywhere!
>>
>> But only with --enable-gpl, making the stunt less useful.
>
> With a different header and following the methods the other
> drivers are using, it would presumably be without --enable-gpl.

No.
License-wise, it of course makes not difference if linking
is done at compile-time, at startup or at run-time.

Carl Eugen