On Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:29:50 -0700 Michael Jennings <[email protected]> said:
> On Tuesday, 19 October 2010, at 00:25:16 (+0200), > Benjamin Zores wrote: > > > > which means that emotion is GPL, iiuc. > > > > And so is all of its dependancies then: Evas, Eina ... > > ONLY when linked with emotion as a derivative work of libvlc, not in > general. which they clearly are not - never have been, and as such you are fine. the ONLY things to worry about are 1. emotion itself (ie it must comply with gpl when shipped WITH a system that packages vlc or xine modules - it doesnt mean emotion *IS* GPL, but it must COMPLY (that is make full source available under the same terms of the GPL - which in effect makes emotion GPL, *IF* you ship using the xine or vlc modules). 2. any apps that use emotion *MAY* be "effectively" GPL, *IF* they use the xine or vlc modules of emotion. if they do, they are effectively GPL (i.e. have to comply with the GPL like emotion needs to). yes this is confusing. the only time it is clear is when you have a system as a whole. that is emotion, compiled and installed, with whatever choice of modules desired, and then have something built on top using it. based on that setup, the dependency tree from emotion and the chosen module(s) and up may be "GPL infected" or it may not be. if you don't want that always use only gstreamer back-end modules for emotion. -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download new Adobe(R) Flash(R) Builder(TM) 4 The new Adobe(R) Flex(R) 4 and Flash(R) Builder(TM) 4 (formerly Flex(R) Builder(TM)) enable the development of rich applications that run across multiple browsers and platforms. Download your free trials today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-dev2dev _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
