Re: SBC integration license issue in BlueZ/Android

2009-04-22 Thread Jackson Fan
In latest code, glad to see liba2dp.so no longer dynamically links against two GPL libraries, libbluetooth.so and libhcid.so. Also see the clean up version of GPL header files bluetooth.h, sco.h and rfcomm.h inside device\system\bluetooth\bluez-clean-headers \bluetooth. Thanks to Nick's effort for

Re: SBC integration license issue in BlueZ/Android

2009-04-21 Thread Nick Pelly
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 7:06 PM, Andy Quan wrote: > Dave/Nick et al, > Many thanks for your informative answers! > > I have very limited understanding about the "infection nature" of GPL. In > my understanding, as long as one of the source files or linked dynamic > libs used to build certain lib

Re: SBC integration license issue in BlueZ/Android

2009-04-21 Thread Andy Quan
Dave/Nick et al, Many thanks for your informative answers! I have very limited understanding about the "infection nature" of GPL. In my understanding, as long as one of the source files or linked dynamic libs used to build certain lib is infected by GPL, the rest part, no matter it is inside that

Re: SBC integration license issue in BlueZ/Android

2009-04-21 Thread Nick Pelly
Also, the SBC encoder is LPGL not GPL. Nick On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Dave Sparks 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 wrote: > > Indee

Re: SBC integration license issue in BlueZ/Android

2009-04-21 Thread Dave Sparks
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 wrote: > Indeed, bluez is a rare part of Android that is licensed under the GPL. > > JBQ > > > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 1:

Re: SBC integration license issue in BlueZ/Android

2009-04-21 Thread Jean-Baptiste Queru
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 wrote: > > Bumping this up. > > Can someone from Google please comment on this? > > -Ravi > > On Apr 20, 12:56 am, Ravi wrote: >> I do see the GPL license. That's bizarre. I was un

Re: SBC integration license issue in BlueZ/Android

2009-04-21 Thread Ravi
Bumping this up. Can someone from Google please comment on this? -Ravi On Apr 20, 12:56 am, Ravi 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. > >

Re: SBC integration license issue in BlueZ/Android

2009-04-19 Thread Ravi
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/

SBC integration license issue in BlueZ/Android

2009-04-19 Thread Andy Quan
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 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~