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* Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò <flameeyes@g.o> schrieb: |
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Hi, |
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> Right now the aac useflag enable support for MP4v2 tags writing through |
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> libmp4v2; the problem is that the library is licensed under MPL, while Amarok |
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> is licensed under GPL, and they are likely not compatible one to the other, |
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> which means it's impossible to redistribute binaries built this way. |
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I'm not an license expert, but *IMHO* this only is an issue on static |
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linking, not w/ dynamic linking. My argumentation would go like this: |
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* The only possible conflict is that MPL'ed binaries are not allowed |
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to link into GPL'ed ones. |
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* What we call dynamic linking is actually loading some binary into |
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an process and using its code/data - files are not touched |
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* We do not actually link against an certain library, but instead |
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against some *interface* (ie. defined by some .h file) - this |
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is independent from an specific binary. |
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* On an binary distribution, the two packages only sit somewhere in |
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our filesystem (as well as an installed system) and aren't linked |
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together in any way. |
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=> There's no impact on an binary distro (which would not be on |
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the running system). |
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To prohibit such an binary distro you could try two ways: |
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a) prohibit MPL'ed and GPL'ed files together on the same media |
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or computer. Totally stupid idea, IMHO. |
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b) claim exclusive rights on an interface specification. |
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-> not copyright, but patent issue |
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-> at least in EU, such patents are illegal (although they exists) |
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Just my 0.02 EUR ... |
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cu |
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Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ |
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Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: |
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http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce |
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Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: |
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http://patches.metux.de/ |
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