[vorbis] mp3pro and the mp3 streaming license

Michael Smith msmith at labyrinth.net.au
Tue Jun 12 15:15:40 PDT 2001



At 03:29 PM 6/12/01 -0400, you wrote:
>> From: Michael Smith <msmith at labyrinth.net.au>
>> 
>> >I don't know where you got your copy.  Mine came with a GPL.
>> 
>> Vorbis hasn't been GPL since before beta1. You probably made a mistake.
>
>I guess so, sorry.  The licence changes faster than I download.
>I am not actively using Vorbis, but studying and pondering, so
>my copy is not the latest.  As I understand this, my copy is
>still GPL'ed even though you have changed the licence on your
>modified copy.  I can't think why that would matter right now,
>but it's good to remember to read the latest licence before
>making too many plans that rely on it.

Sure. However, we've only ever moved to a LESS restrictive license,
so that won't be useful. Plus, the last GPLed version was quite a while
before vorbis actually worked properly - it'll be unable to encode or
decode any valid vorbis streams. Makes it less than entirely useful :-)

Michael

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