[gstreamer-bugs] [Bug 357069] [rganalysis] New element: ReplayGain analysis

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------- Comment #6 from René Stadler  2006-10-02 21:43 UTC -------
One assertion in comment #4 is wrong: vorbisgain is not LGPL, they apparently
have the wrong COPYING in their tarball.  On Ubuntu Dapper, a file
/usr/share/doc/vorbisgain/copyright is installed alongside vorbisgain which
ends with the following lines:

[...]
> vorbisgain itself is under the GNU General Public License, version 2.
> The complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found under
> /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2 on most Debian systems.
>
> The implementation of the ReplayGain algorithm is under the GNU Lesser
> General Public License, version 2.1.  The complete text of the LGPL
> v2.1 can be found under /usr/share/doc/common-licenses/LGPL-2.1 on
> most Debian systems.

The revised variant of my patch explicitly states that I only used parts of the
algorithm (file "gain_analysis.c"), which clearly is under LGPL.

While there most probably have been changes to the implementation of the
algorithm in a GPL context, no one took the opportunity to change the license
of the file from LGPL to GPL (which the LGPL permits anybody to do).  I have
therefore no doubt that the file is LGPL just like is stated everywhere.

I refresh my urge to either rephrase any remaining concerns or point out flaws
in my argumentation.


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