[oe] mpeg2dec license

[Diego Sueiro]

Hi Denys,

On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 4:13 PM, Denys Dmytriyenko <denis at denix.org> wrote:

> LICENSE = "GPLv2+"
> LICENSE_FLAGS = "commercial"
> LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=94d55d512a9ba36caa9b7df079bae19f \
>
> file://include/mpeg2.h;beginline=1;endline=22;md5=ead62602d4638329d3b5b86a55803154"
>
>
> http://cgit.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/commit/?id=43410523a07d9eb52a7d57ae3dc1cc320cbbc6f9
>
> The code is still marked as GPLv2+, but the flag is set as commercial due
> to
> MPEG2 licensing agreement - basically, you are required to pay licensing
> fees
> to MPEG LA in order to use MPEG2 codec:
>
> http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/M2/Pages/Agreement.aspx
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-2#Patent_pool
>

Thanks for the explanation.

Regards,

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