From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from dimen.winder.org.uk ([87.127.116.10]:38902 "EHLO dimen.winder.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750871AbcCZGNN (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Mar 2016 02:13:13 -0400 Message-ID: <1458972788.3344.8.camel@winder.org.uk> Subject: libdvbv5 licencing From: Russel Winder To: DVB_Linux_Media Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2016 06:13:08 +0000 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha512"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-aEKa47tdtL+pACBMcA4B" Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-aEKa47tdtL+pACBMcA4B Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I hadn't noticed previously, but it has been brought to my attention that libdvbv5 is licenced as GPLv2. This makes it impossible (effectively) for any non-GPL code to make use of libdvbv5. This seems to undermine the whole point of libdvbv5.=C2=A0 In particular, I wanted to rip out all the Linux API based code from the GStreamer DVB plugins and replace it with use of libdvbv5. However because of the licencing (GStreamer is LGPL and must only use LGPL or more liberal licenced code), this is going to be impossible. Instead of ripping out the current code (which is DVBv3) and using libdvbv5, it looks like I will be forced to recreate libdvbv5 but as LGPL code. Is there any chance of relicencing libdvbv5 as LGPL code so that others may use it? --=20 Russel. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:russel.winder@ekiga.n= et 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: russel@winder.org.uk London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder --=-aEKa47tdtL+pACBMcA4B Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAABCgAGBQJW9ih2AAoJENS91dLOzae4iEsQALGYwQLdtadvPfpVJtYjlsiE kMGCB9H+klqf5yaqJ0qa5OMwCQbqO+N39zdIy3Gzfe+ku/4Apu4hU/1RxFb4A6y5 mdfq40WzKRyiadBaG2yuAZ9JKyAVh5V9l+wlK6+tgGidR0Tnlt/5YYC085m3ikFS JXzdrmFfN6nL1n9V3TZ33CDvuxjuD2/D7s5775CZ7qqFMnQ3KNlilWURsYIs1eqW xEGbXAuXx57Ic1JgYjxZJAO5W2AsL8Rw8NUKFWSxpnq1hYatssoQaBNvw2gRkYKn H3n+52y3YzX96Vy8uPAC51oFem7xFW0bXc8UoIqikOziOv8soKSlckmGrwzOuYm6 Cwjhb/VRPd2sUBt3vuqm77EWVAai41SePPpyOC07jb6TVy+0oTSSbMqldkvVeMx8 dQ3oRFnAw0ECoNLK+AJBAG0tpINQQ0MwgKF2EY3Bkxcg4i3hX+tXb8+B+TKDKTdJ i/m92jHZJiUNVNcUMPrKFBH+sZEWX5/A81ZeCA+QhLvfPluGo3wQIaV6iAi/iej+ /weIe97/p2jViAbnm5AgdhK5PBxwXPziH1xa52ANvAXkRwrmzhMjq35oGE8HT6mo AfqsmKgLWlGfKFK/OVlZL+F8J1P85K9Hn5D3Q6ov7vpJa/8Vl99gEJD7z6n8vlJJ wppwH7G3zJATRQuazE+/ =ybz2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-aEKa47tdtL+pACBMcA4B--