FAAD2 Licensing, Now GPL Incompatible? |
FAAD2 Licensing, Now GPL Incompatible? |
 Jul 14 2005, 10:28
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Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 14-July 05 Member No.: 23324  |
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, 19:18
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Neutrino G-RSA developer Group: Developer Posts: 852 Joined: 8-May 02 From: Geneva Member No.: 2002 |
Still, what if people want to use FAAD2 code in an "closed" (ie: embedded) system - for example if I developed a portable player with no LCD screen, which therefore couldn't display acknowledgements ?
I would have thought that publishing the full firmware source code (including the authors' source code, its acknowledgements and my changes to it) would be enough.. Does that mean now, the authors' names would have to be advertised in the product itself ? This post has been edited by NumLOCK: Jul 14 2005, 19:23 -------------------- Try Leeloo Chat at http://leeloo.webhop.net
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Jul 14 2005, 20:29
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Group: Banned Posts: 446 Joined: 15-July 03 Member No.: 7789 |
Any updates on FAAD2 code? The latest I see in the source of AudioCoding.com is dated 9/2004. Have there been any improvments since then and/or new code updates that have been released? If so, perhaps that source code needs a "refresh".
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Jul 15 2005, 00:59
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 Group: Members Posts: 1193 Joined: 3-September 03 From: Bergen, Norway Member No.: 8667 |
QUOTE (guest0101 @ Jul 14 2005, 11:29 AM) Any updates on FAAD2 code? The latest I see in the source of AudioCoding.com is dated 9/2004. Have there been any improvments since then and/or new code updates that have been released? If so, perhaps that source code needs a "refresh".  Have you come across any aac, mp4, m4a etc. file FAAD2 can't decode properly? In that case it might be time for an update.... FAAD2 is a decoding library and as long as it decodes current AAC files (in and out of mp4 container) and does that job well, there's really no need for any update as far as I can understand....? -------------------- "ONLY THOSE WHO ATTEMPT THE IMPOSSIBLE WILL ACHIEVE THE ABSURD"
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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 Garf FAAC is GPL, not owned by Nero
FAAD is LGPL, owned... Jul 14 2005, 16:30 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 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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