Re: libaudiofile and mpeg audio

[raster redhat com]

On 12 Jan, Dietmar Maurer scribbled:
->  raster@redhat.com wrote:
->  > 
->  > On 12 Jan, Dietmar Maurer scribbled:
->  > ->  Hello,
->  > ->
->  > ->  I've just written some code to include MPEG-audio support into
->  > ->  libaudiofile.
->  > ->  It uses the MPEG-audio decoder from XingTech, which is under the GPL and
->  > 
->  > GPL or LGPL?
->  > 
->  
->  The Xing decoder is GPLed!
->  
->  > this IS important
->  > 
->  > audiofile is currently GPL - needs to change to LGPL (i just noticed).
->  > 
->  
->  Why? Please give me a hint.
->  
->  > NB - do you have encoder source too? THAT woudl be VERY useful then
->  > since audiofile can the be used to generate and decode the mpeg audio -
->  > I for one will in a heartbeat covert all audio to MPEG - it' sbetter
->  > than 11Khz 8bit mono... :)
->  > 
->  
->  As far as I know there are two free Encoders available - bladeenc and
->  8Hz, but I'm not sure - must take a closer look on them first.

there's free and there's free - let me keep it simple -f ro gnome's
purposes free is LGPL for libraries not GPL - for apps it's GPL (or BSD
/ X-consortium) - same with libs - BSD and X-consortium woudl be Ok
too. LPGL is what we want - BSD/X is more open. GPl is not good for
libs.

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