[FFmpeg-devel] Support master branch of OpenJPEG and Grok J2K codecs

[Aaron Boxer]

woops, forgot to attach the patch.

On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 5:31 PM, Aaron Boxer <boxerab at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> Here is a small patch to get FFmpeg working with both OpenJPEG master and
> Grok master, for J2K support.  The comment on the commit has all of the
> details; the main change is to remove the OPJ_STATIC flag from configure,
> so that FFmpeg can be configured with a dynamic build of both codecs.
>
> I also want to reiterate that because FFmpeg can be distributed under GPL
> v3, and Grok is licensed under the AGPL, there are no licensing issues
> regarding distributing FFmpeg together with Grok.
>
> Quoting from Wikipedia:
>
> "By contrast, GPLv3 and AGPLv3 each include clauses (in section 13 of each
> license) that together achieve a form of mutual compatibility for the two
> licenses. These clauses explicitly allow the "conveying
> <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/convey#Verb>" of a work formed by linking
> code licensed under the one license against code licensed under the other
> license,[3]
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affero_General_Public_License#cite_note-3>
> despite the licenses otherwise not allowing relicensing under the terms of
> each other.[4]
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affero_General_Public_License#cite_note-fsf2-4>
> In this way, the copyleft of each license is relaxed to allow distributing
> such combinations.[4] "
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affero_General_Public_License#cite_note-fsf2-4>
>
> So, this patch will expand the choice of J2K codecs for all users who use
> FFmpeg under the GPLv3 license.
>
> Kind Regards,
> Aaron
>
>
>
> Cheers,
> Aaron
>
>
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