Addition(s) to the Video Meta package

[Eric Hedekar]

On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 4:25 PM, <salsaman at xs4all.nl> wrote:

> On Mon, August 3, 2009 23:03, Eric Hedekar wrote:
> > After looking into getting LiVES packaged for Ubuntu, it looks like it
> > won't
> > happen unless there are changes made upstream (i.e. in the LiVES source
> > code).  The folder titled libOSC in the LiVES tarball contains files that
> > are under a non-free license.  These files will prevent any package from
> > being accepted into the Ubuntu archives and thus prevent it from being
> > part
> > of Ubuntu Studio.  Sorry for the bad news, hopefully this can be changed
> > upstream in future releases.
> >
> > -Eric Hedekar
>
> Huh ?! Which files are these ? Nobody has mentioned this before to me !
>
> libOSC is licensed under the BSD license, here is the license from
> OSC-common.c:
>
> /*
> Copyright <A9> 1998. The Regents of the University of California (Regents).
> All Rights Reserved.
>
> Written by Matt Wright, The Center for New Music and Audio Technologies,
> University of California, Berkeley.
>
> Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and distribute modified
> versions
> of this software and its documentation without fee and without a signed
> licensing agreement, is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright
> notice, this paragraph and the following two paragraphs appear in all
> copies,
> modifications, and distributions.
>
> IN NO EVENT SHALL REGENTS BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT,
> SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS,
> ARISING
> OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE AND ITS DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF REGENTS HAS
> BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
>
> REGENTS SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
> TO,
> THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
> PURPOSE. THE SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION, IF ANY, PROVIDED
> HEREUNDER IS PROVIDED "AS IS". REGENTS HAS NO OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE
> MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS.
>
> The OpenSound Control WWW page is
>    http://www.cnmat.berkeley.edu/OpenSoundControl
> */
>
> This looks like a standard copyleft, no warranty license to me.
>
>
>
> Besides which, if there were a problem, LiVES can be compiled without
> libOSC.
>
>
> Not doubting your word, but it seems highly unlikely that what you are
> saying is correct.
>
>
> Regards,
> Gabriel "salsaman", main developer, LiVES.
> http://lives.sourceforge.net
>
>
>
>
Ah, yes, you are correct that's a BSD license and therefore I was given
incorrect information.  I showed that license to #ubuntu-motu on freenode
and two people claimed that it was a non-free license.  Upon further
research I see that it IS a free license that can be accepted into the
Universe archives.  Sorry about the incorrect info earlier.

-Eric Hedekar

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