[Bug 374900] Re: Libfaac not LGPL

[Matt Zimmerman]

Based on discussion in today's Technical Board meeting, and the content
of this bug, we understand the root issue to be, in summary:

There appears to be code in libfaac which (as an exception to the
prevailing license) is more restrictive than LGPL.

Accordingly, the following actions should be taken with respect to
libfaac:

- Its copyright file should be updated to accurately reflect the applicable license(s). Currently, it states that the whole thing is *GPL*(!)
- This makes it GPL-incompatible, so it should be treated as such (no derived works including GPL code)
- It can stay in multiverse

If we've misunderstood or overlooked some part of the issue, please let
us know.

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Title:
  Libfaac not LGPL