[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] configure: disabling --enable-libmfx and --enable-gpl combination
Ivan Uskov
ivan.uskov at nablet.com
Thu Oct 8 18:47:57 CEST 2015
Hello Hendrik,
Thursday, October 8, 2015, 7:03:36 PM, you wrote:
HL> That doesn't seem correct to me. The mfx dispatcher library has the BSD
HL> license plastered all over it. BSD is compatible with the GPL.
Dispatcher, yes, but mfx library by itself which loaded by dispatcher is not.
HL> On top of that, it would seriously limit the use of these features, so why
HL> would Intel want that?
Because mfx library is not GPL I believe. Else anybody may ask mfx library
sources since it uses by GPL build of ffmpeg.
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Best regards,
Ivan mailto:ivan.uskov at nablet.com
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