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Add LICENSE (notes on all applicable licenses, including contrib licenses) to supplement COPYING (HandBrake's GPLv2 license).

Idea taken from LibAV's LICENSE:
https://github.com/libav/libav/blob/9e8bbe7d4d1dcd5fec491dbfbb98ed2038a7bed5/LICENSE
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bradleysepos committed Jun 10, 2016
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HandBrake License

Most files in HandBrake are under the GNU General Public License Version 2
(GPLv2) license; read the file COPYING for details.

Some files are under the GNU General Public License Version 2 or any later
version (GPLv2+), the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1 or any later
version (LGPLv2.1+), or BSD/MIT/X11-style licenses. In combination, the GPLv2
license applies to HandBrake.

The Fraunhofer AAC library (fdk-aac) is under a license incompatible with the
GPLv2 license. Since both licenses cannot be satisfied simultaneously, binaries
resulting from the combination of HandBrake and fdk-aac are neither free nor
redistributable. As a result, fdk-aac is by default not included in HandBrake.
If you wish to include fdk-aac in your personal build of HandBrake, you may do
so by passing --enable-fdk-aac to configure and making sure not to distribute
any resulting binaries. Please read the fdk-aac license for details.

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