On Sat, 07 Oct 2023 02:12:20 +0200, Michael Wang wrote: > > Hi Takashi, > > Thanks for taking time to address this issue. > > Yes, rate_samplerate.c is dual licensed (LGPL or GPLv2). However, > depending on one's interpretation, someone MAY conclude that the > rate_samplerate plugin is licensed as GPLv2 for a commercial entity > such as Broadcom. > > The first line in the license is: > > "This plugin code is supposed to be used and distributed primarily > under GPL v2 or later..." > > The second line says: > > "However, if you already own a commercial license to use libsamplerate > for dynamic linking, this plugin code can be used and distributed also > under LGPL v2.1 or later." > > But Broadcom does not own a "commercial license to use libsamplerate" > since libsamplerate basically eliminated the need for a commercial > license in 2016 when it was released with the 2-Clause BSD license. > So it is not clear whether the first sentence (GPLv2) or the second > sentence (LGPLv2) applies to Broadcom. > > So I am trying to eliminate any possibility of different > interpretations by requesting that the license in rate_samplerate.c > and the alsa-plugins be updated to reflect the current license status > of libsamplerate. OK, then I think we can simply move to LGPL-only for that plugin. Luckily, I'm the sole author of that piece of code, so it's legally OK to relicense. Takashi > > > Thank you, > Michael > > > > > On Fri, Oct 6, 2023 at 1:55 AM Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Wed, 27 Sep 2023 20:26:31 +0200, > > Michael Wang wrote: > > > > > > Hi Alsa-devs and Mr Iwai, > > > > > > Sorry for the spam, I am resending this in plain text mode this time. > > > > > > It seems the only thing in alsa-plugins that has a GPL license is > > > rate/rate_samplerate.c, and that is due to the license of > > > libsamplerate. But in 2016, libsamplerate dropped the commercial/GPL > > > part of its license and was released with the 2-Clause BSD license. > > > So I was wondering if the license for rate_samplerate.c can be updated > > > to remove the GPL license, which means the COPYING.GPL file can also > > > be removed from the alsa-plugins package? > > > > > > I have created issue #54 in github.com/alsa-project/alsa-plugins, but > > > so far, no action. > > > > > > Should I submit a pull request? > > > > The code allows LGPL, too. What's the problem with it? > > > > > > thanks, > > > > Takashi > > -- > This electronic communication and the information and any files transmitted > with it, or attached to it, are confidential and are intended solely for > the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and may contain > information that is confidential, legally privileged, protected by privacy > laws, or otherwise restricted from disclosure to anyone else. If you are > not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering the > e-mail to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, > copying, distributing, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of > this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you received this e-mail in error, > please return the e-mail to the sender, delete it from your computer, and > destroy any printed copy of it. > Verifying...
