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   1
   2 Disclaimer:  The GStreamer team makes a real effort to make sure that
   3 the information in this file is as up-to-date and accurate as possible.
   4 However, this file may contain errors and omissions.  Some dependant
   5 libraries change their licensing from version-to-version and some of
   6 the libraries listed here as LGPL were under the GPL license in
   7 older releases.  Distributions which include GStreamer are responsible
   8 for ensuring that plugins are used in accordance with licensing terms
   9 and other laws.
  10
  11 GStreamer is developed under the terms of the LGPL (see LICENSE file for details).
  12 Some of our plugins however rely on libraries which are available under other
  13 licenses. This means that if you are using an application which has a non-GPL
  14 compatible license, for instance a closed-source application with GStreamer
  15 you have to make sure not to use GPL linked or derived plugins.  When using
  16 GPL linked plugins GStreamer is for all practical reasons under the GPL itself.
  17
  18 The plugins which use a GPL library are as follows:
  19
  20 a52dec           liba52           (http://liba52.sourceforge.net/)
  21 aasink           aalib            (http://sourceforge.net/projects/aa-project/)
  22 cdparanoia       libcdparanoia    (http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/)
  23 decdvd           ac3dec,libmpeg2  (http://libmpeg2.sourceforge.net/,
  24                                    http://www.ac3dec.com/)
  25 dtsdec           libdts           (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
  26 dvdnavsrc        libdvdnav        (http://dvd.sourceforge.net/)
  27 dxr3                              (http://dxr3.sourceforge.net/)
  28 icecastsend      libshout         (http://www.icecast.org)
  29 mad              libmad           (http://www.mars.org/home/rob/proj/mpeg/)
  30 mpeg2dec         libmpeg2         (http://libmpeg2.sourceforge.net/)
  31 mpeg2enc         libmpeg2enc      (http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/)
  32 mplex            libmplex         (http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/)
  33 siddec           libsidplay       (http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/5147/sidplay/,
  34                                    http://sourceforge.net/projects/sidplay2/)
  35 trm              libmusicbrainz   (http://www.musicbrainz.org/)
  36 xine             libxine          (http://xinehq.de/)
  37 xvid             libxvidcore      (http://www.xvid.org/)
  38
  39 Plugins derived from GPL code are as follows:
  40
  41 dvdreadsrc       libdvdread       (http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd/)
  42 jack             libjack          (http://jackit.sourceforge.net/)
  43                                    Note libjack is LGPL, but plugin is GPL.
  44 monoscope        None             (Algorithm by Ralph Loader, Joerg Walter,
  45                                    Richard Boulton, and Andy Lo A Foe)
  46 rtjpeg           None             (Erik Walthinsen's algorithm)
  47 rtp              None             (http://www.linphone.org/ortp/)
  48 synaesthesia                      (http://www.logarithmic.net/pfh/synaesthesia)
  49 system_encode    None             (Algorithm by Chrisoph Moar, Wim Tayman's and
  50                                    Erik Walthinsen)
  51 vbidec           None             (Algorithm by Billy Biggs, Doug Bell,
  52                                    Erik Walthinsen and David I. Lehn)
  53
  54 Plugins which use a LGPL library are as follows:
  55
  56 alsa             alsa             (http://alsa-project.org/)
  57 artsdsink        aRts             (http://arts-project.org/)
  58 cacasink         libcaca          (http://sam.zoy.org/projects/libcaca/)
  59 colorspacelcs    libcolorspace
  60 dvdec            libdv            (http://libdv.sourceforge.net/)
  61 esdmon,esdsink   libesd           (ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/sources/esound/)
  62 fameenc          libfame          (http://fame.sourceforge.net/)
  63 ffmpeg           ffmpeg           (http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/)
  64 flac             libFLAC          (http://flac.sourceforge.net/)
  65 gdkpixbuf        GTK+             (http://www.gtk.org/)
  66 gnomevfs         gnome-vfs        (ftp.gnome.org//pub/GNOME/stable/sources/gnome-vfs/)
  67 gst_arts         aRts             (http://arts-project.org/)
  68 gst1394          libraw1394       (http://www.linux1394.org/)
  69 gstaf            libaudiofile     (http://www.68k.org/~michael/audiofile/)
  70 gstsf            libsndfile       (http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/)
  71 hermescolorspace Hermes           (http://www.clanlib.org/hermes/)
  72 kio              KDE              (http://www.kde.org/)
  73 ladspa                            (http://www.ladspa.org/)
  74 lame             libmp3lame       (http://lame.sourceforge.net/)
  75 libvisual        libvisual        (http://libvisual.sourceforge.net/)
  76 matroska                          (http://www.matroska.org/)
  77 ossaudio                          (http://www.opensound.com/)
  78 qcamsrc
  79 rfbenc           librfb
  80 sdlvideosink     libsdl           (http://www.libsdl.org/)
  81 shout2send       libshout2        (http://www.icecast.org)
  82 smoothwave
  83 swfdec                            (http://swfdec.sourceforge.net/)
  84 tarkin
  85 textoverlay      pango            (http://www.pango.org/)
  86
  87 Plugins which use a BSD covered library are as follows:
  88
  89 ogg              libogg/libvorbis (http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/)
  90 vorbis           libogg/libvorbis (http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/)
  91 gsttheora        libtheora        (http://www.theora.org/)
  92 speex                             (http://www.speex.org/)
  93
  94 Plugins based on libraries with other free licenses:
  95
  96 ximagesink       libXv
  97 xvimagesink      libXv
  98  - license:      MIT X11 / X Consortium license
  99
 100 gsm              libgsm
 101  - license       MIT license http://kbs.cs.tu-berlin.de/~jutta/toast.html
 102
 103 faac             libfaac          (http://www.audiocoding.com/download.php)
 104  - license       http://www.audiocoding.com/download.php
 105
 106 festival                          (http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival/)
 107  - license:      http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival/freecopyright.shtml
 108
 109 jpeg                              (http://www.ijg.org/)
 110  - license:      IJG license
 111
 112 nas                               (http://radscan.com/nas.html)
 113  - license:      NAS license
 114
 115 snapshot         libpng           (http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/)
 116  - license:      PNG license
 117
 118 Plugins using non-free libraries:
 119 divxdec, divxenc                        (http://www.divx.com/)
 120 osxaudio                                (http://www.apple.com/macosx/)
 121 sunaudiosink                            (http://www.sun.com/)
 122
 123 Unsure:
 124
 125 mikmod           libmikmod        (http://mikmod.raphnet.net/)
 126 Seems a newer release of mikmod is LGPL, though it's listed as GPL by
 127 GStreamer.
 128
 129 faad             libfaad          (http://www.audiocoding.com/)
 130 Faad is under this license (http://www.audiocoding.com/download.php) if
 131 using FAAD but GPL if using FAAD2.  GStreamer seems to use FAAD2 if
 132 avaialable, then defaults to FAAD.  Not sure how this should be
 133 described here.
 134
 135 dirac                             (http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/projects/dirac/)
 136 The sourceforge website claims it uses GPL, LGPL, and the Mozilla Public
 137 License 1.1.  Not sure which parts GStreamer uses, and what licenses are
 138 inherited.
 139
 140 effectv          effectv          (http://effectv.sourceforge.net/)
 141 The sourceforge website claims it uses GPL, though it is currently
 142 listed as an LGPL library in GStreamer.
 143