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@@ -2,16 +2,16 @@ All PulseAudio source files are licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License. (see file LGPL for details) However, the server side has optional GPL dependencies. These include the -libsamplerate and gdbm (core libraries), LIRC (lirc module), FFTW (equalizer -module) and bluez (bluetooth proximity helper program) libraries, although -others may also be included in the future. If PulseAudio is compiled with these -optional components, this effectively downgrades the license of the server part -to GPL (see the file GPL for details), exercising section 3 of the LGPL. In -such circumstances, you should treat the client library (libpulse) of PulseAudio -as being LGPL licensed and the server part (libpulsecore) as being GPL licensed. -Since the PulseAudio daemon, tests, various utilities/helpers and the modules -link to libpulsecore and/or the afore mentioned optional GPL dependencies they -are of course also GPL licensed also in this scenario. +libsamplerate and gdbm (core libraries), LIRC (lirc module) and FFTW (equalizer +module), although others may also be included in the future. If PulseAudio is +compiled with these optional components, this effectively downgrades the +license of the server part to GPL (see the file GPL for details), exercising +section 3 of the LGPL. In such circumstances, you should treat the client +library (libpulse) of PulseAudio as being LGPL licensed and the server part +(libpulsecore) as being GPL licensed. Since the PulseAudio daemon, tests, +various utilities/helpers and the modules link to libpulsecore and/or the afore +mentioned optional GPL dependencies they are of course also GPL licensed also +in this scenario. In addition to this, if D-Bus support is enabled, the PulseAudio client library (libpulse) MAY need to be licensed under the GPL, depending on the license |