[pulseaudio-tickets] [Bug 92802] New: Source tree includes AGPL code (qpaeq) without disclosing it at the top level

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            Bug ID: 92802
           Summary: Source tree includes AGPL code (qpaeq) without
                    disclosing it at the top level
           Product: PulseAudio
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: major
          Priority: medium
         Component: tools
          Assignee: pulseaudio-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: marc at merlins.org
        QA Contact: pulseaudio-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
                CC: lennart at poettering.net

https://github.com/pulseaudio/pulseaudio/blob/master/src/utils/qpaeq
is AGPL but pulseaudio is not.

AGPL is obviously a license that is problematic for some, and qpaeq seems to be
a default build target for pulseaudio.
I'm putting this as major since it's important that each user knows what
licenses they have to abide by and as of now they could be unknowingly
violating the license.

IMO, one of those things ought to happen
1) qpaeq gets relicensed under GPL or some other license
2) qpaeq gets removed entirely or removed from default builds
3) top level https://github.com/pulseaudio/pulseaudio/blob/master/LICENSE warns
about this AGPL bit and AGPL added in full at the top level

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