1. Input/OutputArray optimizations;

2. Algorithm::load/save added (moved from StatModel)
3. copyrights updated; added copyright/licensing info for ffmpeg
4. some warnings from Xcode 6.x are fixed

3rdparty/ffmpeg/build_win32.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+The build script is to be fixed.
+Right now it assumes that 32-bit MinGW is in the system path and
+64-bit mingw is installed to c:\Apps\MinGW64.
+
+It is important that gcc is used, not g++!
+Otherwise the produced DLL will likely be dependent on libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll or similar DLL.
+While we want to make the DLLs with minimum dependencies: Win32 libraries + msvcrt.dll.
+
+ffopencv.c is really a C++ source, hence -x c++ is used.
+
+How to update opencv_ffmpeg.dll and opencv_ffmpeg_64.dll when a new version of FFMPEG is release?
+
+1. Install 32-bit MinGW + MSYS from
+   http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/Automated%20MinGW%20Installer/mingw-get-inst/
+   Let's assume, it's installed in C:\MSYS32.
+2. Install 64-bit MinGW. http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/
+   Let's assume, it's installed in C:\MSYS64
+3. Copy C:\MSYS32\msys to C:\MSYS64\msys. Edit C:\MSYS64\msys\etc\fstab, change C:\MSYS32 to C:\MSYS64.
+
+4. Now you have working MSYS32 and MSYS64 environments.
+   Launch, one by one, C:\MSYS32\msys\msys.bat and C:\MSYS64\msys\msys.bat to create your home directories.
+
+4. Download ffmpeg-x.y.z.tar.gz (where x.y.z denotes the actual ffmpeg version).
+   Copy it to C:\MSYS{32|64}\msys\home\<loginname> directory.
+
+5. To build 32-bit ffmpeg libraries, run C:\MSYS32\msys\msys.bat and type the following commands:
+
+   5.1. tar -xzf ffmpeg-x.y.z.tar.gz
+   5.2. mkdir build
+   5.3. cd build
+   5.4. ../ffmpeg-x.y.z/configure --enable-w32threads
+   5.5. make
+   5.6. make install
+   5.7. cd /local/lib
+   5.8. strip -g *.a
+
+6. Then repeat the same for 64-bit case. The output libs: libavcodec.a etc. need to be renamed to libavcodec64.a etc.
+
+7. Then, copy all those libs to <opencv>\3rdparty\lib\, copy the headers to <opencv>\3rdparty\include\ffmpeg_.
+
+8. Then, go to <opencv>\3rdparty\ffmpeg, edit make.bat
+   (change paths to the actual paths to your msys32 and msys64 distributions) and then run make.bat

3rdparty/ffmpeg/readme.txt

@@ -1,42 +1,32 @@
-The build script is to be fixed.
-Right now it assumes that 32-bit MinGW is in the system path and
-64-bit mingw is installed to c:\Apps\MinGW64.
-
-It is important that gcc is used, not g++!
-Otherwise the produced DLL will likely be dependent on libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll or similar DLL.
-While we want to make the DLLs with minimum dependencies: Win32 libraries + msvcrt.dll.
-
-ffopencv.c is really a C++ source, hence -x c++ is used.
-
-How to update opencv_ffmpeg.dll and opencv_ffmpeg_64.dll when a new version of FFMPEG is release?
-
-1. Install 32-bit MinGW + MSYS from
-   http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/Automated%20MinGW%20Installer/mingw-get-inst/
-   Let's assume, it's installed in C:\MSYS32.
-2. Install 64-bit MinGW. http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/
-   Let's assume, it's installed in C:\MSYS64
-3. Copy C:\MSYS32\msys to C:\MSYS64\msys. Edit C:\MSYS64\msys\etc\fstab, change C:\MSYS32 to C:\MSYS64.
-
-4. Now you have working MSYS32 and MSYS64 environments.
-   Launch, one by one, C:\MSYS32\msys\msys.bat and C:\MSYS64\msys\msys.bat to create your home directories.
-
-4. Download ffmpeg-x.y.z.tar.gz (where x.y.z denotes the actual ffmpeg version).
-   Copy it to C:\MSYS{32|64}\msys\home\<loginname> directory.
-
-5. To build 32-bit ffmpeg libraries, run C:\MSYS32\msys\msys.bat and type the following commands:
-
-   5.1. tar -xzf ffmpeg-x.y.z.tar.gz
-   5.2. mkdir build
-   5.3. cd build
-   5.4. ../ffmpeg-x.y.z/configure --enable-w32threads
-   5.5. make
-   5.6. make install
-   5.7. cd /local/lib
-   5.8. strip -g *.a
-
-6. Then repeat the same for 64-bit case. The output libs: libavcodec.a etc. need to be renamed to libavcodec64.a etc.
-
-7. Then, copy all those libs to <opencv>\3rdparty\lib\, copy the headers to <opencv>\3rdparty\include\ffmpeg_.
-
-8. Then, go to <opencv>\3rdparty\ffmpeg, edit make.bat
-   (change paths to the actual paths to your msys32 and msys64 distributions) and then run make.bat
+* On Linux and other Unix flavors OpenCV uses default or user-built ffmpeg/libav libraries.
+  If user builds ffmpeg/libav from source and wants OpenCV to stay BSD library, not GPL/LGPL,
+  he/she should use --enabled-shared configure flag and make sure that no GPL components are
+  enabled (some notable examples are x264 (H264 encoder) and libac3 (Dolby AC3 audio codec)).
+  See https://www.ffmpeg.org/legal.html for details.
+
+  If you want to play very safe and do not want to use FFMPEG at all, regardless of whether it's installed on
+  your system or not, configure and build OpenCV using CMake with WITH_FFMPEG=OFF flag. OpenCV will then use
+  AVFoundation (OSX), GStreamer (Linux) or other available backends supported by opencv_videoio module.
+
+  There is also our self-contained motion jpeg codec, which you can use without any worries.
+  It handles CV_FOURCC('M', 'J', 'P', 'G') streams within an AVI container (".avi").
+
+* On Windows OpenCV uses pre-built ffmpeg binaries, built with proper flags (without GPL components) and
+  wrapped with simple, stable OpenCV-compatible API.
+  The binaries are opencv_ffmpeg.dll (version for 32-bit Windows) and
+  opencv_ffmpeg_64.dll (version for 64-bit Windows).
+
+  See build_win32.txt for the build instructions, if you want to rebuild opencv_ffmpeg*.dll from scratch.
+
+  The pre-built opencv_ffmpeg*.dll is:
+  * LGPL library, not BSD libraries.
+  * Loaded at runtime by opencv_videoio module.
+    If it succeeds, ffmpeg can be used to decode/encode videos;
+    otherwise, other API is used.
+
+  If LGPL/GPL software can not be supplied with your OpenCV-based product, simply exclude
+  opencv_ffmpeg*.dll from your distribution; OpenCV will stay fully functional except for the ability to
+  decode/encode videos using FFMPEG (though, it may still be able to do that using other API,
+  such as Video for Windows, Windows Media Foundation or our self-contained motion jpeg codec).
+
+  See license.txt for the FFMPEG copyright notice and the licensing terms.

3rdparty/readme.txt

@@ -6,41 +6,34 @@ In order to use these versions of libraries instead of system ones on UNIX syste
 should use BUILD_<library_name> CMake flags (for example, BUILD_PNG for the libpng library).
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-libjpeg 8d (8.4)  -   The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG software.
+libjpeg               The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG software.
                       Copyright (C) 1991-2012, Thomas G. Lane, Guido Vollbeding.
                       See IGJ home page http://www.ijg.org
                       for details and links to the source code
 
-                      HAVE_JPEG preprocessor flag must be set to make imgcodecs use libjpeg.
-                      On UNIX systems configure script takes care of it.
+                      WITH_JPEG CMake option must be ON to add libjpeg support to imgcodecs.
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-libpng 1.5.12     -   Portable Network Graphics library.
+libpng                Portable Network Graphics library.
                       Copyright (c) 2004, 2006-2012 Glenn Randers-Pehrson.
                       See libpng home page http://www.libpng.org
                       for details and links to the source code
 
-                      HAVE_PNG preprocessor flag must be set to make imgcodecs use libpng.
-                      On UNIX systems configure script takes care of it.
+                      WITH_PNG CMake option must be ON to add libpng support to imgcodecs.
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-libtiff 4.0.2     -   Tag Image File Format (TIFF) Software
+libtiff               Tag Image File Format (TIFF) Software
                       Copyright (c) 1988-1997 Sam Leffler
                       Copyright (c) 1991-1997 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
                       See libtiff home page http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/
                       for details and links to the source code
 
-                      HAVE_TIFF preprocessor flag must be set to make imgcodecs use libtiff.
-                      On UNIX systems configure script takes care of it.
-                      In this build support for ZIP (LZ77 compression) is turned on.
+                      WITH_TIFF CMake option must be ON to add libtiff & zlib support to imgcodecs.
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-zlib 1.2.7        -   General purpose LZ77 compression library
+zlib                  General purpose LZ77 compression library
                       Copyright (C) 1995-2012 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler.
                       See zlib home page http://www.zlib.net
                       for details and links to the source code
-
-                      No preprocessor definition is needed to make imgcodecs use this library -
-                      it is included automatically if either libpng or libtiff are used.
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-jasper-1.900.1    -   JasPer is a collection of software
+jasper                JasPer is a collection of software
                       (i.e., a library and application programs) for the coding
                       and manipulation of images.  This software can handle image data in a
                       variety of formats.  One such format supported by JasPer is the JPEG-2000
@@ -50,14 +43,9 @@ jasper-1.900.1    -   JasPer is a collection of software
                       Copyright (c) 1999-2000 The University of British Columbia
                       Copyright (c) 2001-2003 Michael David Adams
 
-                      The JasPer license can be found in src/libjasper.
-
-                      OpenCV on Windows uses pre-built libjasper library
-                      (lib/libjasper*). To get the latest source code,
-                      please, visit the project homepage:
-                      http://www.ece.uvic.ca/~mdadams/jasper/
+                      The JasPer license can be found in libjasper.
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-openexr-1.7.1     -   OpenEXR is a high dynamic-range (HDR) image file format developed
+openexr               OpenEXR is a high dynamic-range (HDR) image file format developed
                       by Industrial Light & Magic for use in computer imaging applications.
 
                       Copyright (c) 2006, Industrial Light & Magic, a division of Lucasfilm
@@ -66,11 +54,17 @@ openexr-1.7.1     -   OpenEXR is a high dynamic-range (HDR) image file format de
 
                       The project homepage: http://www.openexr.com
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-ffmpeg-0.8.0      -   FFmpeg is a complete, cross-platform solution to record,
+ffmpeg                FFmpeg is a complete, cross-platform solution to record,
                       convert and stream audio and video. It includes libavcodec -
                       the leading audio/video codec library, and also libavformat, libavutils and
-                      other helper libraries that are used by OpenCV (in highgui module) to
+                      other helper libraries that are used by OpenCV (in videoio module) to
                       read and write video files.
 
-                      The project homepage: http://ffmpeg.org/
+                      Copyright (c) 2001 Fabrice Bellard
+
+                      The project homepage: http://ffmpeg.org/.
+
+                      * On Linux/OSX we link user-installed ffmpeg (or ffmpeg fork libav).
+                      * On Windows we use pre-built ffmpeg binaries,
+                        see opencv/3rdparty/ffmpeg/readme.txt for details and licensing information
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

LICENSE

@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ copy or use the software.
                For Open Source Computer Vision Library
                        (3-clause BSD License)
 
+Copyright (C) 2000-2015, Intel Corporation, all rights reserved.
+Copyright (C) 2009-2011, Willow Garage Inc., all rights reserved.
+Copyright (C) 2009-2015, NVIDIA Corporation, all rights reserved.
+Copyright (C) 2010-2013, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., all rights reserved.
+Copyright (C) 2015, OpenCV Foundation, all rights reserved.
+Copyright (C) 2015, Itseez Inc., all rights reserved.
+Third party copyrights are property of their respective owners.
+
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
 are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
 

apps/traincascade/old_ml_inner_functions.cpp

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ void CvStatModel::load( const char* filename, const char* name )
 {
     CvFileStorage* fs = 0;
 
-    CV_FUNCNAME( "CvStatModel::load" );
+    CV_FUNCNAME( "CvAlgorithm::load" );
 
     __BEGIN__;
 

modules/core/include/opencv2/core.hpp

@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@
 //                           License Agreement
 //                For Open Source Computer Vision Library
 //
-// Copyright (C) 2000-2008, Intel Corporation, all rights reserved.
+// Copyright (C) 2000-2015, Intel Corporation, all rights reserved.
 // Copyright (C) 2009-2011, Willow Garage Inc., all rights reserved.
+// Copyright (C) 2015, OpenCV Foundation, all rights reserved.
+// Copyright (C) 2015, Itseez Inc., all rights reserved.
 // Third party copyrights are property of their respective owners.
 //
 // Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
@@ -2921,13 +2923,82 @@ class CV_EXPORTS_W Algorithm
     Algorithm();
     virtual ~Algorithm();
 
+    /** @brief Clears the algorithm state
+    */
+    CV_WRAP virtual void clear() {}
+
     /** @brief Stores algorithm parameters in a file storage
     */
     virtual void write(FileStorage& fs) const { (void)fs; }
 
     /** @brief Reads algorithm parameters from a file storage
     */
     virtual void read(const FileNode& fn) { (void)fn; }
+
+    /** @brief Returns true if the Algorithm is empty (e.g. in the very beginning or after unsuccessful read
+     */
+    virtual bool empty() const { return false; }
+
+    /** @brief Reads algorithm from the file node
+
+     This is static template method of Algorithm. It's usage is following (in the case of SVM):
+     @code
+     Ptr<SVM> svm = Algorithm::read<SVM>(fn);
+     @endcode
+     In order to make this method work, the derived class must overwrite Algorithm::read(const
+     FileNode& fn) and also have static create() method without parameters
+     (or with all the optional parameters)
+     */
+    template<typename _Tp> static Ptr<_Tp> read(const FileNode& fn)
+    {
+        Ptr<_Tp> obj = _Tp::create();
+        obj->read(fn);
+        return !obj->empty() ? obj : Ptr<_Tp>();
+    }
+
+    /** @brief Loads algorithm from the file
+
+     This is static template method of Algorithm. It's usage is following (in the case of SVM):
+     @code
+     Ptr<SVM> svm = Algorithm::load<SVM>("my_svm_model.xml");
+     @endcode
+     In order to make this method work, the derived class must overwrite Algorithm::read(const
+     FileNode& fn).
+     */
+    template<typename _Tp> static Ptr<_Tp> load(const String& filename, const String& objname=String())
+    {
+        FileStorage fs(filename, FileStorage::READ);
+        FileNode fn = objname.empty() ? fs.getFirstTopLevelNode() : fs[objname];
+        Ptr<_Tp> obj = _Tp::create();
+        obj->read(fn);
+        return !obj->empty() ? obj : Ptr<_Tp>();
+    }
+
+    /** @brief Loads algorithm from a String
+
+     @param strModel The string variable containing the model you want to load.
+
+     This is static template method of Algorithm. It's usage is following (in the case of SVM):
+     @code
+     Ptr<SVM> svm = Algorithm::loadFromString<SVM>(myStringModel);
+     @endcode
+     */
+    template<typename _Tp> static Ptr<_Tp> loadFromString(const String& strModel, const String& objname=String())
+    {
+        FileStorage fs(strModel, FileStorage::READ + FileStorage::MEMORY);
+        FileNode fn = objname.empty() ? fs.getFirstTopLevelNode() : fs[objname];
+        Ptr<_Tp> obj = _Tp::create();
+        obj->read(fn);
+        return !obj->empty() ? obj : Ptr<_Tp>();
+    }
+
+    /** Saves the algorithm to a file.
+     In order to make this method work, the derived class must implement Algorithm::write(FileStorage& fs). */
+    CV_WRAP virtual void save(const String& filename) const;
+
+    /** Returns the algorithm string identifier.
+     This string is used as top level xml/yml node tag when the object is saved to a file or string. */
+    CV_WRAP virtual String getDefaultName() const;
 };
 
 struct Param {

modules/core/include/opencv2/core/ippasync.hpp

@@ -1,3 +1,47 @@
+/*M///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+//  IMPORTANT: READ BEFORE DOWNLOADING, COPYING, INSTALLING OR USING.
+//
+//  By downloading, copying, installing or using the software you agree to this license.
+//  If you do not agree to this license, do not download, install,
+//  copy or use the software.
+//
+//
+//                          License Agreement
+//                For Open Source Computer Vision Library
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2000-2015, Intel Corporation, all rights reserved.
+// Copyright (C) 2009, Willow Garage Inc., all rights reserved.
+// Copyright (C) 2013, OpenCV Foundation, all rights reserved.
+// Copyright (C) 2015, Itseez Inc., all rights reserved.
+// Third party copyrights are property of their respective owners.
+//
+// Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
+// are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+//
+//   * Redistribution's of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
+//     this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+//
+//   * Redistribution's in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
+//     this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
+//     and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+//
+//   * The name of the copyright holders may not be used to endorse or promote products
+//     derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
+//
+// This software is provided by the copyright holders and contributors "as is" and
+// any express or implied warranties, including, but not limited to, the implied
+// warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose are disclaimed.
+// In no event shall the Intel Corporation or contributors be liable for any direct,
+// indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, or consequential damages
+// (including, but not limited to, procurement of substitute goods or services;
+// loss of use, data, or profits; or business interruption) however caused
+// and on any theory of liability, whether in contract, strict liability,
+// or tort (including negligence or otherwise) arising in any way out of
+// the use of this software, even if advised of the possibility of such damage.
+//
+//M*/
+
 #ifndef __OPENCV_CORE_IPPASYNC_HPP__
 #define __OPENCV_CORE_IPPASYNC_HPP__