Package: gstreamer0.8-mad Version: 0.8.10-1 Severity: important Hi,
since the MAD library is GPL licensed, and the gstreamer0.8-mad plugin loads it in the address space with dlopen() the gstreamer0.8-mad packet must be released under GPL, not under the LGPL[1]. [1] http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/lgpl.html, chapter 3: "You may opt to apply the terms of the ordinary GNU General Public License instead of this License to a given copy of the Library." Subsequently, if you install this package, your gstreamer0.8 license also changes to the GPL. This should be noted in both gstreamer0.8 and gstreamer0.8-mad copyright files. Regards, Bastian -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-ck3-treasure1 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Versions of packages gstreamer0.8-mad depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libglib2.0-0 2.6.5-1 The GLib library of C routines ii libgstreamer0.8-0 0.8.10-2 Core GStreamer libraries, plugins, ii libid3tag0 0.15.1b-7 ID3 tag reading library from the M ii libmad0 0.15.1b-2.1 MPEG audio decoder library ii libxml2 2.6.16-7 GNOME XML library ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-6 compression library - runtime gstreamer0.8-mad recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
