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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 (for core libraries) and bluez (for the 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 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), 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. Andre Adrian's echo cancellation implementation is licensed under a less restrictive license - see src/modules/echo-cancel/adrian-license.txt for |