Re: [fluid-dev] Bug#859793: fluidsynth: Package has infringed GPL

[James Cowgill]

Hi,

On 07/04/17 19:01, Jaromír Mikeš wrote:
> 2017-04-07 14:16 GMT+02:00 Javier Serrano Polo <address@hidden
> <mailto:address@hidden>>:
> 
>     Source: fluidsynth
>     Version: 1.1.6-4
>     Severity: wishlist
> 
>     fluid_chorus.c is under a custom license, granting the following:
> 
>             This source code is freely redistributable and may be used for
>             any purpose.
> 
> 
> Hi fluidsynth devs,
> 
> we serious licensing issue in debian in fluid_chorus.c file.
> Is there any chance to relicense this file with some GPL friendly license?
> Full bug report here:
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=859793

FYI the license in question is the SoX license which has been in Debian
and basically all distributions for 20 years (as part of SoX)...

I assume the file is based on this:
https://sources.debian.net/src/sox/14.4.1-5/src/chorus.c/

The SoX project relicensed some time ago to GPL so if you are to believe
that that was OK, then there are no licensing problems with this file
(but the copyright header should be updated to reflect that).

James

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