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License incompatiblities with fdk_aac and other encoders #427

Open BasixKOR opened 1 year ago

BasixKOR commented 1 year ago

The license of libfdk_aac is not compatible with GPL, so the GPL does not permit distribution of binaries containing incompatible code when GPL-licensed code is also included. Therefore this encoder have been designated as "non-free", and you cannot download a pre-built ffmpeg that supports it. - https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Encode/AAC

Currently, we provide a WebAssembly binary including x265 (which is GPL licensed) and fdk_aac (which has an incompatible license with GPL). This may cause license and legal issues for users of this library.