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Bug#382117: ITP: videolink -- DVD authoring program using HTML for menus



Norbert Preining wrote:
> On Mit, 09 Aug 2006, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > * Package name    : videolink
> > * License         : GPL with additions
> 
> "GPL with additions" is generally considered bad, or worse, not
> possible. See the discussion about cdrecord here.
> 
> What are these additions? Are you sure that they comply to the DFSG?

They are additional permissions, so that the inclusion of some code from
libjpeg (which has an advertising clause) doesn't result in the whole
work being undistributable.

Ben.

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