> -----Original Message----- > From: ffmpeg-devel [mailto:ffmpeg-devel-boun...@ffmpeg.org] On Behalf > Of Carl Eugen Hoyos > Sent: September 29, 2017 11:47 AM > To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches <ffmpeg- > de...@ffmpeg.org> > Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] Added HW accelerated H.264 and HEVC > encoding for AMD GPUs based on AMF SDK > > 2017-09-29 17:04 GMT+02:00 Mironov, Mikhail > <mikhail.miro...@amd.com>: > > I would like to understand better the nature of the concern. The > > license is MIT. > > (I don't think this is correct, but see below.) > > > The paragraph in question is a notice, not limiting the usage of the > > SDK. > > I don't think this is true (I am not a native speaker though), imo it sounds > as if > it limits the usage. > It also may have been written with the intention of being a little ambiguous. > > But this doesn't matter: If the notice is not part of the license, please ask > AMD to remove it from the SDK > - the license gets much, much easier to understand without the notice. > > If you feel 100% safe about removing it, you could offer the driver software > from your github account without the notice, this would also solve the > header issue. > > I cannot comment on the acceptable number (or > size) of external headers. > > Please remember not to top-post here, Carl Eugen
OK, it took me just 4 weeks to get response from AMD legal. They agreed to remove the notice in a reduced header file with AMF API and to have pure MIT license. The reduced single header would address other concerns. I plan to re- submit the patch as soon as I update it to the latest master. Mikhail _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel
