[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] G722 decoder

[Baptiste Coudurier]

On 3/25/2009 12:00 PM, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> Baptiste Coudurier <baptiste.coudurier at gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> On 3/25/2009 11:42 AM, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
>>> Baptiste Coudurier <baptiste.coudurier at gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> On 3/25/2009 10:25 AM, Diego Biurrun wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 10:21:03AM -0700, Baptiste Coudurier wrote:
>>>>>> On 3/25/2009 10:14 AM, Diego Biurrun wrote:
>>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 10:06:16AM -0700, Baptiste Coudurier wrote:
>>>>>>>> But IMHO when you install a program using the GPL or LGPL, you accept a
>>>>>>>> specific version of the license, which is displayed, and not the "or
>>>>>>>> later" clause unless specified by other means.
>>>>>>> How is the acceptance of licenses during installation in any way related
>>>>>>> to the topic at hand?
>>>>>> No the fact that what is presented to you is a fixed version license
>>>>>> plays a very important part of the topic.
>>>>> Well thank goodness that FFmpeg has neither an instlaller nor displays a
>>>>> license then.
>>>> However, in our case, the COPYING.LGPL is the reference, and is still
>>>> using a fixed version.
>>> The contents of the COPYING.LGPL file alone is completely irrelevant
>>> to the licensing terms of any particular source file.  It only applies
>>> because the source file explicitly say so in their header.  The header
>>> used in most of the FFmpeg source files states that *the file it is
>>> part of* is distributed under the terms of COPYING.LGPL or a later
>>> version of the LGPL.  The situation is entirely equivalent to pasting
>>> COPYING.LGPL into all the files, then deleting COPYING.LGPL.  The
>>> reason we keep COPYING.LGPL the way we do is purely to save some space
>>> in the source files.
>> Yes, that is true, however I believe this is different when distributing.
> 
> What makes you believe that?  Note that the (L)GPL *only* applies when
> distributing.  You may do anything you please in your own bedroom.
> 

It seems gnu is very differentiating "copying" and "distributing", and
that's something GPLv3 tried to clarify.

Doesn't the distribution under another license require relicensing the
code ? Even if license are compatible ?

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