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(see the last meeting at +<A HREF="http://meetbot.mageia.org/mageia-dev/2012/mageia-dev.2012-11-06-20.09.html">http://meetbot.mageia.org/mageia-dev/2012/mageia-dev.2012-11-06-20.09.html</A> for +more information). Note that the SFLC does not charge for its advice (but +accepts donations). + +Any comments will be welcome. + +I think the only change is that I changed the opening line to "Dear Sir/Madam". + +Regards, + + Shlomi Fish + +-------------- + +Dear Sir/Madam, + +I am writing you this letter on behalf of Mageia ( <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/en/">https://www.mageia.org/en/</A> +), which is a community-developed, operating system, based on the +GNU/Linux system and with a free-and-open-source (FOSS) core. We would like to +ask, whether and how we can distribute pre-built packages of a GPLed program +(in our case, the video editor cinelerra) after it was linked to a library +with some proprietary and non-GPLed code (in our case, faac). + +The longer story is that there has been some demand for including faac +( <A HREF="http://sourceforge.net/projects/faac/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/faac/</A> - the Freeware Advance Audio Coder), +which is both non-free in part and patent encumbered, in our distribution, +and to prepare versions of the appropriate packages for which it is an +optional dependency. These packages, such as cinelerra ( +<A HREF="http://cinelerra.org/">http://cinelerra.org/</A> - a video editor), are licenced under +the GPL, which restricts which code its distributed binaries may be legally +linked to. + +So our question is: assuming we package faac as a package, can we still +provide pre-made and binary packages of GPLed programs that use it? + +We would appreciate any definitive legal insights on the matter. + +Sincerely yours, + +— Shlomi Fish, on behalf of the Mageia development team. + +-- +----------------------------------------------------------------- +Shlomi Fish <A HREF="http://www.shlomifish.org/">http://www.shlomifish.org/</A> +Original Riddles - <A HREF="http://www.shlomifish.org/puzzles/">http://www.shlomifish.org/puzzles/</A> + +Quark: “Too much of a good thing is a bad thing. But only for your customers”. +Rule of acquisition No. 172.” + — Star Trek, “We, the Living Dead” by Shlomi Fish + +Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - <A HREF="http://shlom.in/reply">http://shlom.in/reply</A> . +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="019862.html">[Mageia-dev] Fw: Draft of a Letter to the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC). +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="019876.html">[Mageia-dev] 2nd Draft of a Letter to the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC). +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#19863">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#19863">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#19863">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#19863">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |