#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 , 6 years ago
comment:2 by , 6 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 , 6 years ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | open → closed |
Removed the incorrect statement about nvenc requiring nonfree in c8b50ff8f9b3c102765e8b8902db82e9ebf7332c, 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.