[ltp] Re: mwavem-2.0 released

[Paul B Schroeder]

The DSP binaries are in fact not GPL, but they are distributable..  I 
don't remember the legal/license details exactly..  So I'm working on 
getting an "official" statement to clear things up...

Cheers...Paul...


Thomas Hood wrote:
> Justin Georgeson wrote:
> 
>>Has a request for the source code been turned down? I thought GPL
>>only said you have to provide the source, upon request, to those [to]
>>whom you have distributed the binary.
> 
> 
> The GPL says that you have to provide either source, or a written
> offer to provide source.  Neither or these is present in the mwavem
> tarball.
> 
> One can only regard mwavem as distributable under the GPL if he
> considers the DSP binaries themselves to be source code.  This is
> a strange way to look at them, to say the least.
> 
> Distros that are distributing mwavem at present are all ignoring
> this problem, making the assumption that IBM really meant for the
> DSP binaries to be freely distributable.  However, it would be
> better to have an explicit statement to this effect.
> --
> Thomas Hood
> 
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