From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Clemens Ladisch Subject: Re: GPL/LGPL licensing of the Alsa library Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:00:01 +0200 Message-ID: <4D904E11.8020003@ladisch.de> References: <5B9D7D28-C10D-42D5-9BB1-675103BC0957@neolex.fi> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from out3.smtp.messagingengine.com (out3.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.27]) by alsa0.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67A7D10382C for ; Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:58:43 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <5B9D7D28-C10D-42D5-9BB1-675103BC0957@neolex.fi> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org Errors-To: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org To: Ossi Niiranen Cc: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org Ossi Niiranen wrote: > We recently performed a licensing audit of a larger software project > incorporating the Alsa library 1.0.19. One issue we identified was > that although the Alsa library purported to state that the library was > licensed under the LGPL, there were still several files with third > party copyright holders that indicated in their header that the file > in question was licensed under the GPL. $ grep -rl 'GNU General' alsa-lib/ alsa-lib/COPYING alsa-lib/aserver/COPYING alsa-lib/aserver/aserver.c alsa-lib/include/sound/asequencer.h alsa-lib/include/sound/asound.h alsa-lib/include/sound/asound_fm.h alsa-lib/include/sound/asoundef.h alsa-lib/include/sound/emu10k1.h alsa-lib/include/sound/hdsp.h alsa-lib/include/sound/hdspm.h alsa-lib/include/sound/sb16_csp.h alsa-lib/m4/attributes.m4 alsa-lib/src/ucm/main.c alsa-lib/src/ucm/parser.c alsa-lib/src/ucm/ucm_local.h alsa-lib/src/ucm/utils.c alsa-lib/test/latency.c alsa-lib/test/oldapi.c alsa-lib/test/playmidi1.c The aserver tool and the tests are separate and not part of the library itself; the UCM stuff is actually LGPL-licensed and mentions the GPL only in "You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License ...". Most files in include/sound/ are just copies of the kernel headers. Is there any specific file that you think would make the resulting library not LGPL? > The information contained in this e-mail is privileged ... This e-mail contains public information intended for any subscriber of this mailing list and for anybody else who bothers to read it; it will be copied, disclosed and distributed to the public. If you think you are not the intended recipient, please commit suicide immediately. These terms apply also to any e-mails quoted in, referenced from, or answering this e-mail, and supersede any confidentiality notices in those e-mails. Additionally, confidentiality notices in those e-mails will incur legal processing fees of $42 per line; you have agreed to this by reading this confidentiality notice. Regards, Clemens