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docs/faq/legal.xml: Update FAQ, Totem actually has an exception these days.

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* docs/faq/legal.xml:
Update FAQ, Totem actually has an exception these days.
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2008-01-17 Thomas Vander Stichele <thomas at apestaart dot org>
* docs/faq/legal.xml:
Update FAQ, Totem actually has an exception these days.
2008-01-14 Jan Schmidt <jan.schmidt@sun.com> 2008-01-14 Jan Schmidt <jan.schmidt@sun.com>
* win32/common/libgstreamer.def: * win32/common/libgstreamer.def:

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@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ by the FSF lawyer team and verified by FSF lawyer and law professor Eben Moglen.
Can someone distribute the combination of Can someone distribute the combination of
<itemizedlist> <itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>GStreamer, the LGPL library</para></listitem> <listitem><para>GStreamer, the LGPL library</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Totem, a GPL playback application</para></listitem> <listitem><para>MyPlayer, a GPL playback application</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>The binary-only Sorenson decoder</para></listitem> <listitem><para>The binary-only Sorenson decoder</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist> </itemizedlist>
together in one distribution/operating system ? If not, what together in one distribution/operating system ? If not, what
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<answer> <answer>
<para> <para>
This would be a problem, because the GStreamer and Totem licenses would This would be a problem, because the GStreamer and MyPlayer licenses would
forbid it. In order to link GStreamer to Totem, you need to use section forbid it. In order to link GStreamer to MyPlayer, you need to use section
3 of the LGPL to convert GStreamer to GPL. The GPL version of GStreamer 3 of the LGPL to convert GStreamer to GPL. The GPL version of GStreamer
forbids linking to the Sorenson decoder. Anyway, the Totem GPL forbids linking to the Sorenson decoder. Anyway, the MyPlayer GPL
license forbids this. license forbids this.
</para> </para>
<para> <para>
If the authors of Totem want to permit this, we have an If the authors of MyPlayer want to permit this, we have an
exception for them: the controlled interface exception from the FAQ. exception for them: the controlled interface exception from the FAQ.
The idea of this is that you can't get around the GPL just by including The idea of this is that you can't get around the GPL just by including
a LGPL bit in the middle. a LGPL bit in the middle.
</para> </para>
<para>
Note: MyPlayer is a completely fictituous application at the time of writing.
</para>
</answer> </answer>
</qandaentry> </qandaentry>