docs: add note about OpenSSL re-license and clarify FDK AAC

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<a href="https://www.openssl.org/docs/faq.html#LEGAL2">OpenSSL project</a>.
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A similar situation also exists for package fdk-aac.
Since August 2015, there is an
<a href="https://www.openssl.org/blog/blog/categories/license/">
ongoing effort to re-license to Apache v2</a>.
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<h4>FDK AAC and GPL</h4>
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The <a href="https://github.com/mstorsjo/fdk-aac/blob/master/NOTICE">FDK license</a>
has a "no charging fees" clause that likely violates the GPL.
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