On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 09:46:19AM +0100, Steve Lhomme wrote: > BTW, what are the concerns here ? You want one library to support the FLAC > on *all* platforms ? Or you just want to make sure that other libraries > comply with the format specified (?) in the main library ? > > For the first case, the license matters. For the second it doesn't.
Neither situation has any bearing on alternative implementations. FLAC's algorithms are not patented, and anyone is free to create their own implementation under any licensing terms that they choose. It only relates to how the reference implementation can be used. > And BTW, Microsoft used some BSD programs (FTP client among others) > instead of making the code from scratch. Idem with MSIE which started with > the Mosaic code. I support copyleft licensing where it makes sense. In this case, since it is unavoidable that I must interact with people using Windows on a daily basis, I would prefer that Microsoft use a stable, mature implementation of these basic programs rather than reimplementing them. -- - mdz ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Flac-dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flac-dev
