Maybe he could compile it as a DLL and offer that as a separate decoding
engine -- and use that engine (or any other compatible) in his player. If
both engines have compatible interfaces and are separate, we'd have a nice
decoding engine as DLL *and* a nice MP3 player...
Harald
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roel VdB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Monty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 1:27 PM
Subject: Re[2]: [MP3 ENCODER] you must include sourcecode when using GPL
(( ? (mpg123)
> Hello Monty,
>
> Thursday, August 10, 2000, 9:48:27 AM, you wrote:
>
> >> The only reason that holds him back is that the GPL.txt says he should
> >> include his source code with the program.
> >>
> >> Is there anyone who actually cares about this?
>
> M> Yes, a *very big* yes. He will incur serious wrath from the open
source
> M> community if he violates GPL.
>
> well, I respect him, and love his work. But that's why I came here and
> asked.
>
> >> Any precedents? I mean, the gig is probably off because he's not
> >> inclined to offer his sourcecode. Damn shame because this is/was the
> >> #1 win32 player for me :( ... (free, fast, 130kbyte zip, skins, ...)
>
> M> The GPL is intentionally viral in nature. Part of its political intent
is to
> M> force more software to be Open. If you don't want to open the source,
you
> M> can't coexist with the GPL.
>
> i don't like politics. if it weren't for that horribe "*mitr*
> K*t**nov" who shamelessly compiled lame, adding a tag line for his
> site there, and thereby violating the GPL, adding no source of his
> work to the distribution, I, and many others, would never have heard
> of "LAME". (50.000 hits nearing)
>
> terrible morally depraved man that is... [I love you man!]
>
> M> Precedents: I don't know if I can pull up any lawsuits that actually
got
> M> filed, but I can name many examples of companies who have gotten a
stern
> M> talking to.
>
> yes, companies. this is just one person, offering a free player to
> the win32 platform.
>
> net result is that development will stop a step early, his player won't
> improve more, and since he has no time to finish his own decoder
> engine.
>
> sad thing is also that he is now crippled by this restriction, and
> will honor the GPL, while those "companies" you speak of shamelessly
> harvest and earn on the back of others.
>
> big analogy with outlawing encryption (now in UK very actual). the
> normal everyday citizen loses his rights of privacy, while the
> criminals don't care and encrypt their sensitive data anyways. :(
>
> M> Monty
>
> thanks for the clarification
>
> are there precedents of an piece of GPL upgrading to LGPL?
>
> best regards,
> Roel mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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