[gstreamer-bugs] [Bug 413705] gst-plugins-good contails GPL'ed libcdio plugin

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  GStreamer | gst-plugins-good | Ver: HEAD CVS





------- Comment #2 from Brian Cameron  2007-03-05 04:39 UTC -------

I think both should move.  I didn't notice cdparanoia since it is in
gst-plugins-base rather than in gst-plugins-good.

When you say "couldn't we add some API to core that prevents the core from
making plugins base on GPL'ed code available to the application" do you mean
that the application would register its license with GStreamer and say "I am a
GPL'ed program", and then GPL plugins would be available.  Otherwise they would
not be?
This might resolve the problem.

That said, is it a license violation for LGPL'ed code (e.g. GStreamer) to
access a GPL library?  While it is okay for a GPL program to link against a
LGPL library, I didn't think you were supposed to link the other way around. 
If you do, doesn't this effectively make GStreamer a GPL library?  Or is it
only if you *use* the code?


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