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and subject line Re: libvpx license is GPL incompatible
has caused the Debian Bug report #583758,
regarding libvpx license is GPL incompatible
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Package: gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad
Version: 0.10.18.3-2
Severity: serious
>From the changelog:
gst-plugins-bad0.10 (0.10.18.3-2) unstable; urgency=low
.
* debian/build-deps.in,
debian/gstreamer-plugins-bad.install:
+ Enable and ship the VP8 encoder/decoder plugin.
Quoting from its copyright statement:
http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/g/gst-plugins-bad0.10/gst-plugins-bad0.10_0.10.18.3-2/gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad.copyright
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| Copyright:
|
| This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
| modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
| License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
| version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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However, libvpx copyright:
http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/libv/libvpx/libvpx_0.9.0-5/libvpx0.copyright
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| License:
|
| For everything not listed below:
| All rights reserved.
|
| Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
| modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
| are met:
|
| - Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
| notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
|
| - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
| copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
| disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
| with the distribution.
|
| - Neither the name of Google nor the names of its contributors may
| be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
| without specific prior written permission.
|
| THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
| "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
| LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
| FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
| COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
| INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING,
| BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
| LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER
| CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
| LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN
| ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
| POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
|
| Subject to the terms and conditions of the above License, Google
| hereby grants to You a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive,
| no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable (except as stated in this
| section) patent license to make, have made, use, offer to sell,
| sell, import, and otherwise transfer this implementation of VP8,
| where such license applies only to those patent claims, both
| currently owned by Google and acquired in the future, licensable by
| Google that are necessarily infringed by this implementation of
| VP8. If You or your agent or exclusive licensee institute or order
| or agree to the institution of patent litigation against any entity
| (including a cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that
| this implementation of VP8 or any code incorporated within this
| implementation of VP8 constitutes direct or contributory patent
| infringement, or inducement of patent infringement, then any rights
| granted to You under this License for this implementation of VP8
| shall terminate as of the date such litigation is filed.
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These additional restrictions are additional restrictions imposed on the
gstreamer package, which is forbidden by LGPL ยง10.
This license incompatibility has been confirmed by:
techrights: http://techrights.org/2010/05/29/chris-dibona-on-webm-osi/
vlc: http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2010-May/075102.html
ffmpeg: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.ffmpeg.cvs/30501
Please revert this upload at your earliest convenience.
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