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Created Jul 28, 2005 by balamurali.viswanathan@balamurali.viswanathan

Mismatch in the license in the README and web site

The README in flac-1.1.2.tar.gz says the following


The codec libraries are distributed under Xiph.Org's BSD-like license (see the file COPYING.Xiph in this distribution). All other programs, libraries, and plugins are distributed under the GPL (see COPYING.GPL). The documentation is distributed under the Gnu FDL (see COPYING.FDL).

It should be more clear about exactly which libraries are under the Xiph license and which are under the GPL.

The website (http://flac.sourceforge.net/license.html) is more clear about what libraries are specifically under the Xiph license. So it would be much better if the module README aslo have the same info.

Also, it is not very clear why Flac wants to build GPL'ed plugins for the xmms and winamp plugins. Since these plugins ship as libraries, it might make more sense for them to be under Xiph. Perhaps this could also be explained a bit in the README.

Thanks.

PS. I guess the component the bug raised against might not be right. Please move to the correct component if I am worng.

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