[Bug 725937] New: Bindings are AGPL 3 licensed

[GStreamer (bugzilla.gnome.org)]

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=725937
  GStreamer | gst-sharp | git

           Summary: Bindings are AGPL 3 licensed
    Classification: Platform
           Product: GStreamer
           Version: git
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: blocker
          Priority: Normal
         Component: gst-sharp
        AssignedTo: gstreamer-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: slomo at coaxion.net
         QAContact: gstreamer-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
                CC: t.i.m at zen.co.uk
     GNOME version: ---


The new GStreamer# bindings are AGPL3 licensed, which is in conflict with our
general license policy and of course much more restrictive than the LGPLv2+
used by the code that is bound by the bindings.

The AGPL3 is basically like the GPL3 (thus strong-copyleft) with some additions
to also apply for server-side code.

The authors of the bindings grant special exceptions to relicense it as LGPLv2+
to some open source projects, but that's of course no solution for anything...
and will become harder and harder the more contributors are there.


Having the bindings AGPL3 licensed will make it impossible for proprietary
applications to use them, and causes confusion, doubt and harm to the GStreamer
project in general.

The bindings will either have to be relicensed to LGPLv2+ or we should remove
them from the GStreamer project and probably create our own official bindings
with a proper license.

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