[pulseaudio-discuss] [PATCH v3 4/4] Add A2DP LDAC codec source support

Huang-Huang Bao eh5 at sokka.cn
Mon Jan 14 04:34:02 UTC 2019


My bad, noticed before, but I forgot it when adding copyrights.

On 1/13/19 10:14 AM, Pali Rohár wrote:
> On Saturday 29 December 2018 23:48:08 Huang-Huang Bao wrote:
>> diff --git a/src/modules/bluetooth/a2dp/a2dp_ldac.c b/src/modules/bluetooth/a2dp/a2dp_ldac.c
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000..8095d2435
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/src/modules/bluetooth/a2dp/a2dp_ldac.c
>> @@ -0,0 +1,605 @@
>> +/***
>> +  This file is part of PulseAudio.
>> +
>> +  Copyright 2018 Huang-Huang Bao
>> +
>> +  PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
>> +  it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
>> +  published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the
>> +  License, or (at your option) any later version.
>> +
>> +  PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
>> +  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>> +  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
>> +  General Public License for more details.
>> +
>> +  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
>> +  License along with PulseAudio; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
>> +***/
>> +
>> +#include <arpa/inet.h>
>> +#include <string.h>
>> +
>> +#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
>> +
>> +#include <config.h>
>> +
>> +#endif
>> +
>> +#include <pulse/xmalloc.h>
>> +#include <pulsecore/once.h>
>> +
>> +#include <ldacBT.h>
>> +#include <ldacBT_abr.h>
> This looks like an another license problem. This Sony's LDAC encoder
> library is licensed under Apache License Version 2.0 which is not
> compatible with above LGPL 2.1.
>
> IIRC Apache License Version 2.0 can be used in GPLv3 projects, so
> without relicensing pulseaudio to (L)GPLv3 this looks like a problem.
>
Could we relicense bluez modules or AAC/LDAC staffs to LGPLv3?

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