FAAD2 Licensing, Now GPL Incompatible? |
FAAD2 Licensing, Now GPL Incompatible? |
 Jul 14 2005, 10:28
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Does anyone here know what's going on with the licensing change in FAAD2 cvs? The included COPYING file is still straight GPL, but the source files include the following:
QUOTE ** Software using this code must display the following message visibly in the ** software: ** "FAAD2 AAC/HE-AAC/HE-AACv2/DRM decoder © Ahead Software, www.nero.com" ** in, for example, the about-box or help/startup screen. Now, IANAL, but that seems GPL incompatible to me, as the GPL states: QUOTE You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein. I have tried to contact Menno on the matter without any success, can anyone else cast any light/opinions? |
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Jul 14 2005, 16:30
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FAAC is GPL, not owned by Nero
FAAD is LGPL, owned by Menno (I think?) FAAD2 is GPL, owned completely by Nero |
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jstembridge FAAD2 Licensing Jul 14 2005, 10:28
Garf From the GPL:
QUOTE 1. You may copy and dis... Jul 14 2005, 10:52 jstembridge But that requirement applies to source code, not t... Jul 14 2005, 11:32 Ivan Dimkovic In addition,
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html... Jul 14 2005, 11:45 jstembridge QUOTE If the program is interactive, make it outpu... Jul 14 2005, 11:54
Garf QUOTE (jstembridge @ Jul 14 2005, 12:54 PM)QU... Jul 14 2005, 12:13 jstembridge QUOTE (Garf @ Jul 14 2005, 12:13 PM)Nonsense.... Jul 14 2005, 12:27 Garf This is false, I just quoted the appropriate parag... Jul 14 2005, 12:30 jstembridge No it doesn't, as it applies to source code co... Jul 14 2005, 12:35 gusnz Hmm, I'm not a lawyer, but the last part of Se... Jul 14 2005, 12:47 Ivan Dimkovic QUOTE The issue here has nothing to do with source... Jul 14 2005, 12:52 jstembridge QUOTE (Ivan Dimkovic @ Jul 14 2005, 12:52 PM)... Jul 14 2005, 13:06 Garf QUOTE (jstembridge @ Jul 14 2005, 02:06 PM)Th... Jul 14 2005, 13:10 jstembridge Great stuff
Interestingly I wonder if a xine-lib... Jul 14 2005, 13:28 Ivan Dimkovic Well.. hmm... if a derived software product has th... Jul 14 2005, 13:31 Klyith Was FAAD sponsored / owned by Ahead from the begin... Jul 14 2005, 16:22 rjamorim QUOTE (Garf @ Jul 14 2005, 12:30 PM)FAAC is G... Jul 14 2005, 16:34 DarkAvenger IIRC, XFree86 put in an advertising clause and thu... Jul 14 2005, 16:58 Garf The XFree86 license added restrictions to end-user... Jul 14 2005, 17:07 Klyith People may be getting this confused with the bad p... Jul 14 2005, 19:05 NumLOCK Still, what if people want to use FAAD2 code in an... Jul 14 2005, 19:18 guest0101 Any updates on FAAD2 code? The latest I see in the... Jul 14 2005, 20:29 Mr_Rabid_Teddybear QUOTE (guest0101 @ Jul 14 2005, 11:29 AM)Any ... Jul 15 2005, 00:59 rjamorim QUOTE (Mr_Rabid_Teddybear @ Jul 14 2005, 08:5... Jul 15 2005, 03:04 spoon QUOTE (NumLOCK @ Jul 14 2005, 06:18 PM)Still,... Jul 15 2005, 09:35 Garf QUOTE (spoon @ Jul 15 2005, 10:35 AM)QUOTE (N... Jul 15 2005, 09:50 Klyith QUOTE (NumLOCK)Still, what if people want to use F... Jul 15 2005, 21:30 Otto42 QUOTE ** Software using this code must display the... Jul 16 2005, 06:05 rjamorim QUOTE (Otto42 @ Jul 16 2005, 02:05 AM)The fac... Jul 16 2005, 06:20 Garf I know about the BSD-with-advertising problem and ... Jul 16 2005, 08:43 rjamorim QUOTE (Garf @ Jul 16 2005, 04:43 AM)This is t... Jul 19 2005, 02:36 Otto42 So, how, exactly, am I supposed to adhere to this ... Jul 16 2005, 08:53 Otto42 Heh. You edited while I posted and then I did the ... Jul 16 2005, 09:01 Garf Yeah, sorry. I guess it's better to make multi... Jul 16 2005, 10:06 spoon Just stick with the older version, pre-that clause... Jul 19 2005, 09:17 rjamorim QUOTE (spoon @ Jul 19 2005, 05:17 AM)Just sti... Jul 19 2005, 15:08 Mr_Rabid_Teddybear I hope the developers will be willing to change th... Jul 20 2005, 07:46 rjamorim OK, as it turns out, the obnoxious clause was adde... Jul 21 2005, 17:37 jstembridge Any progress on changing the license header? CVS s... Aug 15 2005, 12:45 kode54 No PS for yuo! <owned>
Is it really so ... Aug 15 2005, 13:17 rjamorim QUOTE (kode54 @ Aug 15 2005, 09:17 AM)No PS f... Aug 15 2005, 14:38 Otto42 QUOTE (kode54 @ Aug 15 2005, 06:17 AM)Is it r... Aug 15 2005, 16:21 stephanV Not to start a grammatical discussion (well maybe ... Aug 15 2005, 15:01 robert I would say the FAAD2 licensing is fully GPL confo... Aug 15 2005, 16:45 rjamorim QUOTE (robert @ Aug 15 2005, 12:45 PM)I would... Aug 15 2005, 18:34 rasher So, has there been any progress in this case?
Is ... Sep 22 2005, 00:08 rjamorim Heh, the Nero AG employees here are quite fast to ... Sep 22 2005, 14:00 rasher What I don't get is, how they can claim that i... Sep 28 2005, 02:52 rjamorim http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.p...9... Nov 14 2005, 21:49 cartman QUOTE (rjamorim @ Nov 15 2005, 12:49 AM)Bad n... Nov 15 2005, 21:10 rjamorim QUOTE (cartman @ Nov 15 2005, 06:10 PM)Or goo... Nov 15 2005, 21:31 cartman QUOTE (rjamorim @ Nov 16 2005, 12:31 AM)QUOTE... Nov 16 2005, 00:54 Gambit QUOTE (rjamorim @ Nov 15 2005, 10:31 PM)QUOTE... Nov 17 2005, 00:18 rjamorim QUOTE (Gambit @ Nov 16 2005, 09:18 PM)Hmm, is... Nov 19 2005, 00:59 bond how great! Nov 15 2005, 02:01 davechapman Has there been any change to this situation? Are ... Jan 28 2006, 16:49 AstralStorm Well, FAAD2 development seems dead. Bad for us and... May 31 2006, 20:50 |
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