Hi, On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 11:23:11AM +0200, Robert Kausch wrote: > > >I mention this because this is why libcdio-paranoia and libcdio were split > >in the first place: we couldn't mix GPL 3 or later with GPL 2 only or LGPL. > > Dug a bit deeper; the problem at that time was mixing GPL 3 or later > with GPL 2 only. libcdio included cdparanoia 9.8 code which was > released as GPL 2 only, so when libcdio changed to GPL 3 or later, > there was a problem. The licenses are not compatible, so the split > was necessary at that point. > > Later, libcdio-paranoia upgraded to cdparanoia 10.0 and then 10.2 > which changed the license to LGPL 2.1 only for the library and GPL 2 > or later for the tool. Both allow distributing derivative works > under the GPL 3 or later, so there's no problem anymore.
That sounds like very good news! To be honnest, I am somewhat bored by incompatibilities between free software licences, so I am happy to read that things are getting simple for libcdio-paranoia (although I think things would be simpler with GPL2+ than with GPL3+). On the other hand, some bad news for those who care: I missed the deadline for library transitions for Debian Jessie. Hence, Debian Jessie will be shipped with libcdio 0.83. Sorry for that. Cheers, -- Nicolas
