Re: [Freetantrum-devel] Licensing problem with songprint?

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Awesome, I'll add this in right away and put out a new tarball.  Thanks!

Scott

Ingo Saitz wrote:
> 
> MoiN
> 
> I am going to package songprint for debian GNU/Linux. However, it
> apperars that you are using code from mpg123 which may not be
> included in GPLed programs. In the copyrights file to mpg123 it
> reads:
> 
> > DISTRIBUTION:
> >
> > ... [mpg123 must be] distributed in its entirety, ... It may not
> > be sold for profit or as "hidden" part of another software, ...
> 
> You nowhere seem to mention permissions from the author of mpg123
> to distribute his code under the GPL, so this would make
> distributing your program illegal. Please don't answer "who
> cares" because Debian does.
> 
> But there _is_ a variant of mpg123's mpglib you can use under the
> conditions of the GPL. It is included in the lame distribution
> (http://lame.sourceforge.net/). Using this version would make
> your program legal and allow inclusion into debian.
> 
> I already replaced the mpglib code in your distribution with that
> from lame 3.87. I put my working results as a patch against
> songprint 1.1 up on
> 
>     http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~ingo/songprint-lame_mpglib.diff
> 
> Please consider applying it to replace the non-free mpg123 code
> with the GPLed one from lame.
> 
>     Ingo
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