[oe] libcdaudio license issue

Frans Meulenbroeks fransmeulenbroeks at gmail.com
Tue Dec 7 22:31:19 UTC 2010


2010/12/7 Scott Garman <sgarman at zenlinux.com>:
> On 12/06/2010 11:48 AM, Frans Meulenbroeks wrote:
>>
>> I was checking libcdaudio for LICENSE info.
>> recipe says GPL
>> COPYING file is the GPLv2 one
>> README file says:
>>
>> libcdaudio is distributed under the GNU Library General Public
>> License, included in this package under the top level source directory
>> in the file COPYING
>>
>> C files also mention LGPL. but say v2 or later
>>
>> What to do with this in the LICENSE field? LGPLv2+ ?
>
> Like others I agree with going with what the source files have in them.
>
> Maybe this is obvious, but since I don't think anyone else has mentioned it,
> I think it would also be helpful to notify the upstream folks about this
> ambiguity so they can correct it.

Good remark.
However, the project seems dead. Last post on the users mailing list
is from sep 2008 or so.
There seems also to be an app in the zip (cdcd) maybe the gplv2
applies to that one.
Will peek at it when I have more time, really need to zzz now)

Frans




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