[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] print license and configuration for each lib

[Måns Rullgård]

Diego Biurrun <diego at biurrun.de> writes:

> Here's something I started and wanted to have some feedback on before I
> progress.  Sometimes it can be useful to have the exact configuration
> and license string in each library and have it printed by each library.
>
> Here is a proof of concept patch that does it for libavutil and
> libavcodec.  Once the chinks are worked out I can lather, rinse, repeat
> for the others.
>
> I made two alternative implementations, choose the one you prefer.
> Things that could possibly be improved (but might not be worth the
> trouble):
>
> - The licensing information for each library could be more detailed.
>   For example, libavutil is always LGPL, even when FFmpeg was compiled
>   in GPL mode.
> - Use a single function to perform the job.
>
> +void avutil_configuration(void)
> +{
> +    const char* configuration = "libavutil configuration: " FFMPEG_CONFIGURATION;
> +    av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_INFO, "%s\n", configuration);
> +}
> +
> +void avutil_license(void)
> +{
> +    const char* libavutil_license = "libavutil license: "FFMPEG_LICENSE;
> +    av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_INFO, "%s\n", libavutil_license);
> +}

Returning the string would probably be more flexible.

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