Add configure option to upgrade (L)GPL to version 3.

Originally committed as revision 19116 to svn://svn.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg/trunk

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 68f0f09192..5817658978 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ There are a handful of files under other licensing terms, namely:
 * The files libavcodec/jfdctfst.c, libavcodec/jfdctint.c, libavcodec/jrevdct.c
   are taken from libjpeg, see the top of the files for licensing details.
 
+Should you, for whatever reason, prefer to use version 3 of the (L)GPL, then
+the configure parameter --enable-version3 will activate this licensing option
+for you. Read the file COPYING.LGPLv3 or, if you have enabled GPL parts,
+COPYING.GPLv3 to learn the exact legal terms that apply in this case.
+
 
 external libraries:
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