Re: x11amp

[Jay Kominek <jay.kominek@colorado.edu>]

> mpg123 is in non-free because of its license.  I did not find any
> documentation anywhere that indicated that x11amp uses any mpg123 code. 
> (Where are you looking?)  Since it's released as GPL, it's free.

[jkominek@nehwon jkominek/tmp]$ tar -tzf x11amp-0.9-alpha1.tar.gz | grep mpg123
x11amp-0.9-alpha1/Input/mpg123/
x11amp-0.9-alpha1/Input/mpg123/mpg123.h
x11amp-0.9-alpha1/Input/mpg123/tables.h
x11amp-0.9-alpha1/Input/mpg123/tabinit.c
x11amp-0.9-alpha1/Input/mpg123/common.c
x11amp-0.9-alpha1/Input/mpg123/layer1.c
x11amp-0.9-alpha1/Input/mpg123/layer2.c
x11amp-0.9-alpha1/Input/mpg123/layer3.c
x11amp-0.9-alpha1/Input/mpg123/decode.c
x11amp-0.9-alpha1/Input/mpg123/decode_2to1.c
x11amp-0.9-alpha1/Input/mpg123/decode_4to1.c
x11amp-0.9-alpha1/Input/mpg123/mpg123.c
x11amp-0.9-alpha1/Input/mpg123/decode_ntom.c
x11amp-0.9-alpha1/Input/mpg123/huffman.h
x11amp-0.9-alpha1/Input/mpg123/dct64.c
x11amp-0.9-alpha1/Input/mpg123/Makefile.am
x11amp-0.9-alpha1/Input/mpg123/Makefile.in
x11amp-0.9-alpha1/Input/mpg123/equalizer.c
x11amp-0.9-alpha1/Input/mpg123/http.c

>From the README file:
---
   Michael Hipp (email: Michael.Hipp@student.uni-tuebingen.de)
   Oliver Fromme <oliver.fromme@heim3.tu-clausthal.de>
   for their mpg123 as we use as engine.. they have made an excellent work!
---

The mpg123 copyright:

*************************************************************
Copyright (c) 1995-97 by Michael Hipp, all rights reserved.
Parts of the software are contributed by other people, please
refer to the README file for details.

DISTRIBUTION:
This software may be distributed freely, provided that it is
distributed in its entirety, without modifications, and with
the original copyright notice and license included.  It may
not be sold for profit or as "hidden" part of another software,
but it may be included with collections of other free software,
such as CD-ROM images of FTP servers and similar, provided that
this software is not a significant part of that collection.
Precompiled binaries of this software may be distributed in the
same way, provided that this copyright notice and license is
included without modification.
************************************************************

The x11amp authors are violating the mpg123 license. They are not
allowed to relicense it under the GPL.

It is not free by any stretch of one's imagination.

- Jay Kominek <jay.kominek@colorado.edu>
  Advice is a dangerous gift; be cautious
  about giving and receiving it.