[MPlayer-cvslog] CVS: main/libaf af_hrtf.c, NONE, 1.1 af_hrtf.h, NONE, 1.1

[Michael Niedermayer]

Hi

On Tuesday 04 January 2005 12:32, Jindrich Makovicka wrote:
> Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 10:57:20AM +0100, Jindrich Makovicka wrote:
> >>Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> >>>> "This data is Copyright 1994 by the MIT Media Laboratory.  It is
> >>>> provided free with no restrictions on use, provided the authors are
> >>>> cited when the data is used in any research or commercial
> >>>> application."
> >>>
> >>>Not only that I hate that it outputs that much much on the console, have
> >>>you checked whether this is GPL-compatible?
> >>
> >>I think yes, if we can consider the filter output a derived work. GPL
> >>says this may vary from case to case, but I believe that enough
> >>information about the data is propagated to the output so we can
> >>consider it a derived work covered by GPL, thus requiring to give
> >>authors a proper credit.
> >
> > I think you misunderstood. My point is that they put restrictions on
> > commercial use, in sofar as you have to cite the authors.
> > My question was if such restrictions are possible with GPL, i.e. if
> > it is even possible to publish af_hrtf.c under a GPL license.
>
> IANAL, but I think GPL requires mentioning original copyrights for all
> derived works (commercial/noncommercial), so this restriction is
> compatible.

IANAL but this license may be highly non-free and gpl incompatible, it depends 
upon what the word "use" means legally

"This data is Copyright 1994 by the MIT Media Laboratory.  It is
provided free with no restrictions on use, provided the authors are
cited when the data is used in any research or commercial
application."

this says its copyrighted, and u may use it for anything if u cite the 
authors, but AFAIK copyright NEVER place any restriction on use so this 
license gives u ABSOLUTELY no right beyond what u have for a random piece of 
proprietary code or more explictly u are not allowed to distribute/copy it at 
all

-- 
Michael

"In any case, just because code is syntactically "valid" GNU C doesn't 
mean gcc can always compile it." -- justification to close a gcc bug