Re: [Alsa-devel] User Space Device Driver

2001-09-12 Thread Tom Browne
From: "Junichi Uekawa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In Tue, 11 Sep 2001 17:53:43 +0200 Takashi cum veritate scripsit : > > > alsalib is released under the GPL. > > Isn't it LGPL? > No, it contains code that is GPL, which cannot > be LGPL. Does this mean what I think it means for use of ALSA in commercia

Re: [Alsa-devel] User Space Device Driver

2001-09-12 Thread Junichi Uekawa
In Tue, 11 Sep 2001 17:53:43 +0200 Takashi cum veritate scripsit : > > alsalib is released under the GPL. > > Isn't it LGPL? No, it contains code that is GPL, which cannot be LGPL. regards, junichi -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Junichi Uekawa http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer GPG Finger

Re: [Alsa-devel] User Space Device Driver

2001-09-12 Thread Takashi Iwai
At Wed, 12 Sep 2001 16:09:16 +0100, Phil Thompson wrote: > > > -Original Message- > > From: Takashi Iwai [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 12 September 2001 16:08 > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Cc: Paul Davis; Phil Thompson > > S

RE: [Alsa-devel] User Space Device Driver

2001-09-12 Thread Phil Thompson
> -Original Message- > From: Takashi Iwai [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 12 September 2001 16:08 > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Cc: Paul Davis; Phil Thompson > Subject: Re: [Alsa-devel] User Space Device Driver > > > At Wed, 12 Sep 20

Re: [Alsa-devel] User Space Device Driver

2001-09-12 Thread Takashi Iwai
At Wed, 12 Sep 2001 09:56:15 -0400, Paul Davis wrote: > > >> alsalib is released under the GPL. hence, any applications that to use > >> it must be under the GPL. since such an application would clearly be > >> utterly designed around the alsalib and alsa kernel API, you could not > >> use dynami

Re: [Alsa-devel] User Space Device Driver

2001-09-12 Thread Paul Davis
>> alsalib is released under the GPL. hence, any applications that to use >> it must be under the GPL. since such an application would clearly be >> utterly designed around the alsalib and alsa kernel API, you could not >> use dynamic linking to circumvent this. > >As alsalib is released under the

RE: [Alsa-devel] User Space Device Driver

2001-09-12 Thread Phil Thompson
> -Original Message- > From: Paul Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 11 September 2001 16:39 > To: Phil Thompson > Cc: 'Jaroslav Kysela'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: Re: [Alsa-devel] User Space Device Driver > > > >Given t

Re: [Alsa-devel] User Space Device Driver

2001-09-11 Thread Takashi Iwai
At Tue, 11 Sep 2001 11:39:14 -0400, Paul Davis wrote: > > >Given that, technically, I can use ALSA with a user-space device driver, am > >I right in thinking that the user-space driver must have a license that is > >GPL compatible? > > > >Or is a closed source driver allowed? > > alsalib is rele

Re: [Alsa-devel] User Space Device Driver

2001-09-11 Thread Paul Davis
>Given that, technically, I can use ALSA with a user-space device driver, am >I right in thinking that the user-space driver must have a license that is >GPL compatible? > >Or is a closed source driver allowed? alsalib is released under the GPL. hence, any applications that to use it must be unde

RE: [Alsa-devel] User Space Device Driver

2001-09-11 Thread Phil Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 06 September 2001 16:21 > To: Phil Thompson > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: Re: [Alsa-devel] User Space Device Driver > > > On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Phil Thompson wrote: > > > I want to provide an ALSA API library interface to a