On Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:54:51 +0200 Hugo Camboulive <hugo.camboul...@gmail.com> said:
> Hi, > > We use emotion with vlc here, and since libvlc is GPL we had to > develop our own library (it basically forks a vlc process with shmem > vout, and communicates with it through the command line interface > (with a pipe)... no linking with vlc at all). We also modified the > emotion plugin to use it instead of libvlc. > I know there has been discussions about releasing our lib in the past > (it did not happen because we have a lot of more important stuff on > our minds and it's low priority ^^), but if I bring back the subject > it could happen. > What do you think? (hope the vlc guys wouldn't be too upset though... > well in the end its their fault for releasing a GPL library, meh ^^) you're in a bit of a legal gray area actually. the question is.. what constitutes "complex data structures". you're sharing at a minimum yuv data and possibly width + height information (well if you have only 1 segment you need the size inlined for safety or a very nasty synchronous system - then again you kind of need locking too...). would this be considered complex? how much is needed before it becomes complex? that's where gpl may still affect you. i'm on your side though - i think it's "not complex". the question is... would a court disagree? > Hugo > > On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 5:00 AM, Tom Haste <tomha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Keys and Ardy are still Beerware and most likely forever will be as > > long as beer exists. > > > > Also, I hope this thread doesnt explode into another license debate. > > > > > > On 19 October 2010 09:52, Iván Briano (Sachiel) <sachi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 11:44 PM, Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri > >> <barbi...@profusion.mobi> wrote: > >>> On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 11:42 PM, Raphael Kubo da Costa > >>> <k...@profusion.mobi> wrote: > >>>> At Tue, 19 Oct 2010 08:33:44 +0900, > >>>> Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > >>>>> as such i think we should move emotion itself to LGPL anyway - it's bsd > >>>>> now. anyone disagree (this means for GPL modules like clv and xine > >>>>> emotion itself is always compliant and compliance is then pushed off > >>>>> onto the apps that ship as part of a complete system that may only have > >>>>> gstreamer or may have xine or vlc or all 3). > >>>> > >>>> Shouldn't the situation be the same as you've described with a > >>>> 2-clause BSD license as well? > >>> > >>> Damn, it took us ages to convince raster to give up on his rage that > >>> lead to BSD thing and now you want him to stop!? :-) IMO all EFL > >>> should be LGPL. > >>> > >> > >> Long live WTFPL. > >> > >>> -- > >>> Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri > >>> http://profusion.mobi embedded systems > >>> -------------------------------------- > >>> MSN: barbi...@gmail.com > >>> Skype: gsbarbieri > >>> Mobile: +55 (19) 9225-2202 > >>> > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>> Download new Adobe(R) Flash(R) Builder(TM) 4 > >>> The new Adobe(R) Flex(R) 4 and Flash(R) Builder(TM) 4 (formerly > >>> Flex(R) Builder(TM)) enable the development of rich applications that run > >>> across multiple browsers and platforms. 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