[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] add Opengl ES vo

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 01:22:56PM +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 01:02:43PM +0100, kirin_e at users.sourceforge.net wrote:
> >
> > I needed OpenGL ES X11 output for a device i have so i ended up
> > writing a gles vo, here it is in case it's useful to others. Patch
> > against snapshot 2011-10-31, uses OpenGL ES 1.1 and currently needs
> > support for npot textures. Any comments or improvements are welcome.
> >
> > --- org/mplayer-export-2011-10-31/libvo/vo_gles.c       1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
> > +++ mplayer-export-2011-10-31/libvo/vo_gles.c   2011-11-23 03:52:53.000000000 +0100
> > @@ -0,0 +1,480 @@
> > +/*
> > + * This file is part of MPlayer.
> > + *
> > + * MPlayer is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> > + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> > + * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
> > + * (at your option) any later version.
> > + *
> > + * MPlayer is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> > + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> > + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> > + * GNU General Public License for more details.
> > + *
> > + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
> > + * with MPlayer; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
> > + * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
> > + *
> > + * You can alternatively redistribute this file and/or
> > + * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
> > + * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
> > + * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> > + */
> 
> This is pointless, read the LGPL §3 :)
> 
> You can always upgrade LGPL to any GPL version.  So just place this
> file under LGPL 2.1 to achieve what you want to.

Yes, but he can't place MPlayer under LGPL, which is what the text would
claim if you replaced the whole header the LGPL variant.
Which is why vo gl uses this convoluted text.