I'm pretty sure if you look hard enough you'll find some blocks in GR that implement or could implement some patented telecom technique ...
The user could also acquire a license on his own (license which btw is free of charge for low qty). On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 11:51 PM, Rick Farina <sidh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 11/12/2013 04:21 PM, Rafael Diniz wrote: >> Hi Zero, >> >> You're wrong. > > I'm certainly not perfect but if you bother to look at Dream's website: > http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/drm/index.php?title=Main_Page > > You will notice they say these words, all in red, on a line by themselves: > > "Although this software is distributed as free software under the terms > of the GPL this does not mean that its use is free of rights of others. > The use may infringe third party IP and thus may not be legal in some > countries." > > I would strongly discourage anyone from distributing code that is > violating someone else's IP. The code is gpl, that's great, but since > it is violating (if I had to guess a US patent) IP knowingly, it puts > anyone distributing it at risk. I know I for one won't be distributing > such code with my livecd which contains GnuRadio. Obviously anyone else > can do what they think is best. > > Amazing what you notice when you read something... > > -Zero > >> Dream can be distributed as it's GPL licensed. All the code is GPL, except >> concerning the AAC codec (FAAC and FAAD2), but you don't need to distribute >> it >> together with dream, as it dlopen()'s the AAC library dinamically (so you can >> install AAC "live"). Most windows and linux dream distributions just do not >> place the AAC together, and recommend you to just install it separatelly >> (from >> rarewares or a simple script that downloads the source and compile it). >> >> Also, for the purpose of lab testing, modulation/demodulation, I don't even >> use >> the AAC codec, as it also comes with the great Opus codec, which is much >> better >> than the FAAC AAC LC encoder. >> >> Best regards, >> Rafael Diniz >> >> Em ter 12 nov 2013, às 16:57:17, Rick Farina escreveu: >>> Sadly Dream appears to be an "open source" implementation of a protocol >>> that is licensed and has no rights allowing for a decoder. While you >>> may choose to use it, sadly, distributing it on a livecd would be very >>> unintelligent as it would make the distributor legally liable for >>> breaching the license most likely. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Zero >>> >>> On 11/12/2013 11:40 AM, Rafael Diniz wrote: >>>> Johnathan, >>>> It would be nice to include Dream and gr-drm, for DRM support in the next >>>> LiveDVD. >>>> ; ) >>>> >>>> Best regards, >>>> Rafael Diniz >>>> >>>> Em seg 11 nov 2013, às 05:31:48, Johnathan Corgan escreveu: >>>>> The GNU Radio LiveDVD has been updated: >>>>> >>>>> http://gnuradio.org/releases/gnuradio/iso/ubuntu-12.04.3-desktop-amd64- >>>> gnuradio-2013-1110.torrent >>>>> >>>>> Based on the Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS 64-bit operating system, the GNU Radio >>>>> LiveDVD is a bootable SDR environment suitable for demonstration and >>>>> experimentation, contained on a read-only medium. >>>>> >>>>> This release now has: >>>>> >>>>> * GNU Radio release 3.7.2 >>>>> * Ettus Research uhd snapshot 3.5.4-157-g7641b42 >>>>> * gqrx snapshot v2.2.0-51-g6e30181 >>>>> * gr-air-modes commit g585ecf1 ('next' branch) >>>>> * gr-iqbal snapshot v0.37.1-5-gd4fd4dd >>>>> * gr-osmosdr snapshot v0.1.0-44-g0d10f5e >>>>> * hackrf snapshot v2013.07.1-59-gbef5835 >>>>> * libosmo-dsp v0.3 >>>>> * osmo-sdr snapshot v0.1-7-gcd37e9fa >>>>> * rtl-sdr snapshot v0.5.1-14-g360dd36 >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Johnathan Corgan, Corgan Labs >>>>> SDR Training and Development Services >>>>> http://corganlabs.com >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Discuss-gnuradio mailing list >>>> Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org >>>> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss-gnuradio mailing list >>> Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org >>> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss-gnuradio mailing list >> Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org >> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio >> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss-gnuradio mailing list > Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio
