[vorbis-dev] Re: New Directshow filters preview...

[Steve Lhomme]

Actually in this case I think LGPL and GPL are strictly equivalent.

ChristianHJW wrote:

> Stan Seibert wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, 2004-03-25 at 22:17, ozone at algorithm.com.au wrote:
>>
>>> 3.  Like many of the core xiph.org projects, our filters are 
>>> BSD-licensed, and not GPL-licensed.  (This is important for some 
>>> people, since I personally plan to use these filters in contexts 
>>> outside of open-source projects.)  I don't want to get into a license 
>>> war, I just wish to point out that the difference in licensing may be 
>>> the deciding factor for some users.
>>
>>
>> As a tangent to this discussion, does it make any sense to license
>> DirectShow filters under the GPL in the first place?  Seems kind of
>> weird given that their sole purpose is to link to proprietary code.
> 
> 
> This is covered by the exception the GNU is clearly doing for parts of 
> the OS, when GPLed code has to link to it, and DirectShow is without any 
> doubt considered as part of Windows, the OS, so there is no conflict 
> releasing a DirectShow filter under a GPL license, especially if you 
> have to use GPLed code for it .....
> 
> Christian
> 
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