[issue2716] Reimplement audioop because of copyright issues

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Audioop was not removed in 3.x; the security bugs have been fixed; and no lawsuit. I agree with Aaron about modifying 2 files. I would also change 'shamelessly stolen' to 'taken'. IP is no longer something to joke about. -- nosy: +terry.reedy versions:

[issue2716] Reimplement audioop because of copyright issues

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[issue2716] Reimplement audioop because of copyright issues

Aaron added the comment: The license from http://sox.sourcearchive.com/documentation/12.17.7/g711_8c-source.html /* * This source code is a product of Sun Microsystems, Inc. and is provided * for unrestricted use. Users may copy or modify this source code without * charge. * * SUN SOURCE

[issue2716] Reimplement audioop because of copyright issues

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Georg Brandl added the comment: Current status: no lawsuit yet. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscrib

[issue2716] Reimplement audioop because of copyright issues

STINNER Victor added the comment: I found severe bugs (which may lead to security vulnerabilities) in audioop: #7673. Nobody fixed these errors (but my issue contains a patch). -- nosy: +haypo ___ Python tracker _

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[issue2716] Reimplement audioop because of copyright issues

Georg Brandl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: It is, as most "old" standard modules, not actively maintained, but there is always the chance that somebody will fix bugs as they are reported :) Anyway, the algorithms in it won't change, and if you want its removal I predict there will be ma

[issue2716] Reimplement audioop because of copyright issues

Benjamin Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: I would support removing this in Py3k. It seems like a specialty module not worth having in the standard library. Also, is this even being maintained? -- nosy: +benjamin.peterson versions: +Python 3.0 _

[issue2716] Reimplement audioop because of copyright issues

New submission from Brett Cannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: The audioop module contains a comment that is somewhat troubling from an IP standpoint: /* Code shamelessly stolen from sox, 12.17.7, g711.c ** (c) Craig Reese, Joe Campbell and Jeff Poskanzer 1989 */ Because of this it would be best t