Also, the SBC encoder is LPGL not GPL.

Nick

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Dave Sparks <davidspa...@android.com>wrote:

>
> The BlueZ stack was deliberately isolated to accommodate the GPL
> license requirements without affecting the rest of the source code.
>
> On Apr 21, 2:36 pm, Jean-Baptiste Queru <j...@android.com> wrote:
> > Indeed, bluez is a rare part of Android that is licensed under the GPL.
> >
> > JBQ
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Ravi <yend...@pv.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Bumping this up.
> >
> > > Can someone from Google please comment on this?
> >
> > > -Ravi
> >
> > > On Apr 20, 12:56 am, Ravi <yend...@pv.com> wrote:
> > >> I do see the GPL license. That's bizarre. I was under the impression
> > >> that the entire android tree has to be provided with the Apache
> > >> license. Maybe someone from Google can confirm.
> >
> > >> Just fyi...PacketVideo has provided their version of the SBC encoder
> > >> already as part of OpenCORE [external/opencore/codecs_v2/audio/sbc].
> >
> > >> -Ravi
> >
> > >> On Apr 20, 12:13 am, Andy Quan <androidr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >> > Hi,
> > >> > As far as I remember, BlueZ is released under GPL license. Is this
> the same
> > >> > in android? If so, does this mean if I want to integrate my
> customized SBC
> > >> > encoder lib into this framework, I have to make my encoder open
> source?
> >
> > >> > --
> > >> > Thanks,
> > >> > Andy
> >
> > --
> > Jean-Baptiste M. "JBQ" Queru
> > Android Engineer, Google.
> >
> > Questions sent directly to me that have no reason for being private
> > will likely get ignored or forwarded to a public forum with no further
> > warning.
> >
>

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