Re: [PATCH] configure: Add support for OpenSSL
Lauri Kasanen <[email protected]>
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On Sat, 13 Feb 2016 16:23:07 +0100 Reimar Döffinger <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 04:34:08PM +0200, Lauri Kasanen wrote: > > Hi, > > > > This patch adds support for OpenSSL. Tested with a Youtube https stream. > > OpenSSL is not compatible with GPL without exceptions > (unless you consider it to fall under the system library exception). > Thus support for it does not seem desirable for me personally, at > the very least not without a strong warning, as at least Windows builds > using it will be non-redistributable, and at the very least enabling > by default is thus not ok. > Not opposing it in principle, but at least the license aspect > must be treated in a way that will not result in people > violating any licenses by accident. > One way would be to model it after FFmpeg's non-redistributable > configure option. Would --enable-openssl-nonfree be ok? OpenSSL support in general is desirable, because it's the most widely used SSL library. Often it's the only SSL library installed. - Lauri _______________________________________________ MPlayer-dev-eng mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dev-eng