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BSD or GPL License? #56

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

On the main libjiggle homepage and the license link it states that libjiggle 
is released under the BSD license. On this google code project it states GPU 
GPL V2.

Which one is it?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by erwin.coumans on 27 Jan 2010 at 7:36

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago
Judging from the actual LICENSE file at
http://code.google.com/p/libjingle/source/browse/trunk/COPYING , it looks 
BSD-like
(if not BSD itself).

Original comment by kap4...@gmail.com on 17 Feb 2010 at 3:19

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago
The whole of libjingle is currently GPL because of a piece of GPL code in it 
(linphone, 
specifically).  Because examples/call uses that GPL code, it is also GPL.   
However, all of the 
files individually are BSD licensed.  So, if you don't use linphone or 
examples/call, you can treat 
libjingle as BSD.  

Original comment by pthatc...@google.com on 30 Apr 2010 at 10:01

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago
Thanks a lot for the update.

It would be great to strip out this linphone dependency, and provide it as an 
external 
library, to keep the core libjingle pure BSD (example code doesn't matter, it 
is mainly 
about the core library).

Or perhaps clarify this linphone GPL issue in the documentation / COPYING / 
homepage?

Original comment by erwin.coumans on 30 Apr 2010 at 10:12

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago
Clarifying this somewhere would be great!  It can be a make-or-break factor in 
using libjingle.

Original comment by kap4...@gmail.com on 30 Apr 2010 at 10:14