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 -- Michel de Boer www.twinklephone.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
