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doc/general.texi: clarify FDK-AAC licensing & usability

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Mnetion it can be used to decode as well.
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@ -46,9 +46,10 @@ upgrade FFmpeg's license to LGPL version 3 (or if you have enabled
GPL components, GPL version 3) by passing @code{--enable-version3} to configure in GPL components, GPL version 3) by passing @code{--enable-version3} to configure in
order to use it. order to use it.
The Fraunhofer AAC library is licensed under a license incompatible to the GPL The license of the Fraunhofer AAC library is incompatible with the GPL.
and is not known to be compatible to the LGPL. Therefore, you have to pass Therefore, for GPL builds, you have to pass @code{--enable-nonfree} to
@code{--enable-nonfree} to configure to use it. configure in order to use it. To the best of our knowledge, it is
compatible with the LGPL.
@end float @end float
@subsection OpenCORE AMR @subsection OpenCORE AMR
@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ Then pass @code{--enable-libvo-amrwbenc} to configure to enable it.
@subsection Fraunhofer AAC library @subsection Fraunhofer AAC library
FFmpeg can make use of the Fraunhofer AAC library for AAC encoding. FFmpeg can make use of the Fraunhofer AAC library for AAC decoding & encoding.
Go to @url{http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencore-amr/} and follow the Go to @url{http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencore-amr/} and follow the
instructions for installing the library. instructions for installing the library.