#7893 closed defect (fixed)
Disagreement between LICENSE and configure script
Reported by: | Jorge Acereda | Owned by: | |
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Priority: | minor | Component: | documentation |
Version: | git-master | Keywords: | |
Cc: | Blocked By: | ||
Blocking: | Reproduced by developer: | no | |
Analyzed by developer: | no |
Description
According to the configure script, nvenc can be used in a LGPL setting.
According to the LICENSE file it requires enabling nonfree.
We need an official statement for https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/55442#event-2317654904
Change History (3)
comment:1 by , 5 years ago
comment:2 by , 5 years ago
Component: | undetermined → documentation |
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Priority: | normal → minor |
Status: | new → open |
Version: | unspecified → git-master |
Replying to jacereda:
We need an official statement for https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/55442#event-2317654904
Please ask your lawyers, we are not lawyers.
comment:3 by , 5 years ago
Resolution: | → fixed |
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Status: | open → closed |
Removed the incorrect statement about nvenc requiring nonfree in 9eea2e5daf41c9dfe5752ea8dec671cc24109e99, thank you for the report!
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I have no idea who put that there and when, but the "binary blob" is the Nvidia driver, which is widely accepted as system library.