[MPlayer-dev-eng] [RFC] upgrade license on LGPL 2 files

[Robert Swain]

2008/9/11 Diego Biurrun <diego at biurrun.de>:
> On Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 07:41:11AM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
>> The following files are licensed as LGPL 2 or later, not LGPL 2.1 or
>> later:
>>
>> libvo/vo_gif89a.c
>> libvo/vo_directfb2.c
>> libvo/vo_quartz.h
>> libvo/vo_dfbmga.c
>> TOOLS/dvd2divxscript.pl
>> libmpdemux/demux_avs.h
>> libmpdemux/demux_avs.c
>>
>> I propose that we upgrade to LGPL 2.1 or later on these files in order
>> to reduce the number of licenses used in our code base.
>
> Since I am hearing no objections, I will do this after the weekend.

Hmm. Have you contacted authors individually? It seems wrong to me to
alter the license without all authors' explicit consent. Even if it is
a change as simple as this.

Rob