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authordiego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2010-01-04 13:01:44 +0000
committerdiego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2010-01-04 13:01:44 +0000
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Clarify which version of the GPL applies to MPlayer.
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MPlayer was originally written by Árpád Gereöffy and has been extended and
worked on by many more since then, see the AUTHORS file for an (incomplete)
-list. You are free to use it under the terms of the GNU General Public License,
-as described in the LICENSE file.
+list. MPlayer as a whole is copyrighted by the MPlayer team. Individual
+copyright notices can be found in file headers.
-MPlayer as a whole is copyrighted by the MPlayer team. Individual copyright
-notices can be found in the file headers. Furthermore, MPlayer includes code
-from several external sources:
+Most files in MPlayer are licensed under the GNU General Public License,
+version 2 with an explicit "or later" clause or a compatible license. An
+exception is the file libmpdemux/demux_ty_osd.c, which is version 2 only.
+Thus MPlayer as a whole can be redistributed under the terms of the GNU
+General Public License, version 2, see the LICENSE file for details.
+
+MPlayer includes code from several external sources. General information and
+license details are listed below:
Name: FFmpeg
Version: Subversion HEAD