[vorbis] Vorbis licensing...

[Goblin]

You know, folks, the license holder can grant special permission,
or any exceptions to the GPL, LGPL that party wants to.

There's no reason to get upset.

On 10/26, Jack Moffitt rearranged the electrons to read:
> > Fact is, I would think that this stuff would be insanely difficult to
> > enforce,
> > monitor etc... and not at all a given that it is enforcable at all..
> > 
> > (but I speculate.... ;-)
> > 
> > ..anybody know?
> 
> Do you wnat to be the first company to "fuck" an open source project?
> 
> I think any major wrongdoing to a high brow project would get a bit of
> press and at least be moderately embarassing.
> 
> Not to mention that the FSF and the EFF would likely step in.
> 
> Not to mention the lawyers at icast shoudl someone abuse vorbis (not
> that really could ever come about, but you never know).
> 
> What Paul wants to do is kosher.  If Maxis decides the LGPL is in the
> way, we'll remove it. (although i honestly think in his circumstances
> things are kosher under the license).
> 
> jack.
> 
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