[Gstreamer-bugs] [Bug 115359] Changed - Plugins need a license, elements do not

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Changed by ds at schleef.org.

--- shadow/115359	Tue Jun 17 09:20:05 2003
+++ shadow/115359.tmp.3195	Tue Jun 17 14:53:04 2003
@@ -18,6 +18,24 @@
 Currently the license can only be specified per element. It should be done
 on a per-plugin basis.
 This is specifically useful for support libs, where the license can't be
 set right now.
 
 This obviously requires API changes.
+
+------- Additional Comments From ds at schleef.org  2003-06-17 14:53 -------
+We need to have a discussion some time (say, at Guadec right now)
+about licensing issues.  My concerns:
+
+ 1. All code in gstreamer/ and gst-plugins/ should be LGPL, except
+possibly code in gst-plugins/gst-libs/ext.  There's no need for plugin
+code to match the license of the library, unless there has been copied
+code.  If there is copied code (which plugins?), perhaps we should
+separate that into a subdirectory or re-libify it.
+
+ 2. We should check very carefully if there is code that is not GPL
+compatible.
+
+ 3. The plugin (or element) license field should be clarified that it
+applies to the combination of the plugin plus the underlying library,
+and _NOT_ the plugin itself.
+