| 1 | FFmpeg README |
| 2 | ------------- |
| 3 | |
| 4 | 1) Documentation |
| 5 | ---------------- |
| 6 | |
| 7 | * Read the documentation in the doc/ directory. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | 2) Licensing |
| 10 | ------------ |
| 11 | |
| 12 | * Read the file COPYING.LGPL. FFmpeg and the associated libraries EXCEPT |
| 13 | for libpostproc and libswscale are licensed under the GNU Lesser General |
| 14 | Public License. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | * libpostproc and libswscale are distributed under the GNU General Public |
| 17 | License, see the file COPYING.GPL for details. Their compilation and use |
| 18 | in FFmpeg is optional. |
| 19 | |
| 20 | * The file libavcodec/i386/idct_mmx.c is distributed under the GNU General |
| 21 | Public License. It is strictly an optimization and its use is optional. |
| 22 | |
| 23 | * The files libavcodec/jfdctfst.c, libavcodec/jfdctint.c, libavcodec/jrevdct.c |
| 24 | are taken from libjpeg, see the top of the files for licensing details. |
| 25 | |
| 26 | * The file libavcodec/fdctref.c is copyrighted by the MPEG Software Simulation |
| 27 | Group with all rights reserved. It is only used to create a DCT test program |
| 28 | and not compiled into libavcodec. |