---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Niclas Hedhman <[email protected]> Date: 2009/9/14 Subject: Re: the license of soundcard.h To: [email protected]
BSD (modified) license is Ok to use in Apache projects. I assume that you are not aiming for a new implementation, but to link against it. Yes, that is Ok, and you would then require that the implementation is available from "elsewhere", possibly a Linux distro. If that is not the usage pattern, let us know. Cheers Niclas On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Samuel Kevin <[email protected]> wrote: > hi, all: > I am from the BlueSky project. we are now confused about one license > of soundcard.h in linux. Could someone tell us that whether it conflicts > with ASL. the following is the quotation from our dev mailing list. thanks. > regards, > Kevin > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Arthur Chen <[email protected]> > Date: 2009/9/9 > Subject: the license of soundcard.h > To: [email protected] > > > Hi all, > > There is something about the license of soundcard.h I want to clear. I think > we mix up the license of OSS API and the OSS software.I searched the 4Front > Technologies User forums and found something: > > > *It's necessary to see the difference between the OSS API and the OSS > software distributed and maintained by 4Front Technologies. > > The API (soundcard.h) is completely free (in public domain). Everybody has > full right to create an implementation of the API in their (driver) > software. Our only hope is that the API is kept consistent between all the > implementations. In addition authors of the implementations can define > whatever copying conditions for their software they like. > > However the OSS software implementation released by 4Front Technologies is > not completely free (as for free beer). It is commercial software under > commercial license. The software is open sourced (source code is available > under GPL and CDDL). It's for free if used in open sourced (or for free) > applications under open sourced operating systems. Noncompatible use > requires a (paid) license from 4Front Technologies. > > Best regards, > > Hannu > _________________ > Hannu Savolainen ([email protected])* > > > *soundcard.h is under a BSD license - you can include that file with any > application. > > regards > Dev* > > the full post is here http://www.4front-tech.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6494 > It seems that the OSS API (soundcard.h) is totally free, here is the license > declaration of soundcard.h (/usr/include/linux/soundcard.h) > > /* > * Copyright by Hannu Savolainen 1993-1997 > * > * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without > * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are > * met: 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright > * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 2. > * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, > * this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation > * and/or other materials provided with the distribution. > * > * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND ANY > * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED > * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE > * DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR > * ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL > * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR > * SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER > * CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT > * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY > * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF > * SUCH DAMAGE. > */ > > So maybe we can still use the OSS APIs in Realclass system, but I am still a > little confused about the license. > > > > -- > Bowen Ma a.k.a Samuel Kevin @ Bluesky Dev Team XJTU > Shaanxi Province Key Lab. of Satellite and Terrestrial Network Tech > http://incubator.apache.org/bluesky/ > -- Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer http://www.qi4j.org - New Energy for Java I live here; http://tinyurl.com/2qq9er I work here; http://tinyurl.com/2ymelc I relax here; http://tinyurl.com/2cgsug --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] -- Bowen Ma a.k.a Samuel Kevin @ Bluesky Dev Team XJTU Shaanxi Province Key Lab. of Satellite and Terrestrial Network Tech http://incubator.apache.org/bluesky/
