Re: Twinkle 0.8 encorporates iLBC code
Hi Mark,
Thanks for pointing this out. As more GPL projects distribute
the iLBC code I assumed the license was compatible with GPL.
When you look at www.ilbcfreeware.org, they themselves state
Kphone as implementing iLBC and Kphone is GPL.
I will have a closer look at the license and maybe contact
the people at ilbcfreeware (although that website doesn't seem
to be maintained anymore).
For the binary packages you can easily build a non-ilbc version
of twinkle:
./configure --without-ilbc
For the source, you'd have to strip away the ilbc directory.
Regards,
Michel
Mark Purcell wrote:
> Michel,
>
> I see that you have released twinkle 0.8 upstream and included the iLBC code.
>
> In Debian we have been reviewing the iLBC code for sometime and are of the
> feeling that it is incompatible with the Debian Free Software Guidelines
> (DFSG) and also the GPL.
>
> Please have a look at
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2005/10/msg00000.html
>
> We have been stripping the ilbc code from a number of debian packages, to
> create dfsg compliant packages, such as kiax, openh323 and shortly asterisk.
>
> While it is up to you to decide if you can distribute twinkle with iLBC code
> under the GPL. We will need to strip out the iLBC code to make the packages
> DFSG compliant.
>
> I recommend you remove the iLBC code from twinkle, unless you can obtain
> better free software licencing terms for iLBC.
>
> Mark
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Michel de Boer
www.twinklephone.com
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