Remove FFmpeg nonfree configure flag - #19
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Summary
--enable-nonfreefrom the FFmpeg configure argsfdk-aac-freebuild as a normal external library instead of a nonfree oneWhy
FFmpeg's stock configure script classifies
libfdk_aacas nonfree, which forces--enable-nonfreewhen GPL components are enabled. This repo buildsfdk-aac-free-2.0.0, so the build can keep the FDK encoder enabled without marking the resulting FFmpeg build as nonfree.Validation
node --check compile-ffmpeg.mjsgit diff --cached --checkfdk-aac-free.patchto a clean temporary copy of FFmpegconfigureconfigureafter the custom FDK override; it passed and reportedLicense: GPL version 2 or later