-GStreamer is developed under the terms of the LGPL (see LICENSE file for details). Some of our plugins however rely on libraries which are available under i other licenses. This means that if you are using an application which has a non-GPL compatible license, for instance a closed-source application with GStreamer you have to make sure not to use GPL linked or derived plugins.
-When using GPL linked plugins GStreamer is for all practical reasons under the GPL itself.
+
+Disclaimer: The GStreamer team makes a real effort to make sure that
+the information in this file is as up-to-date and accurate as possible.
+However, this file may contain errors and omissions. Some dependant
+libraries change their licensing from version-to-version and some of
+the libraries listed here as LGPL were under the GPL license in
+older releases. Distributions which include GStreamer are responsible
+for ensuring that plugins are used in accordance with licensing terms
+and other laws.
+
+GStreamer is developed under the terms of the LGPL (see LICENSE file for details).
+Some of our plugins however rely on libraries which are available under other
+licenses. This means that if you are using an application which has a non-GPL
+compatible license, for instance a closed-source application with GStreamer
+you have to make sure not to use GPL linked or derived plugins. When using
+GPL linked plugins GStreamer is for all practical reasons under the GPL itself.
The plugins which use a GPL library are as follows:
-cdparanoia libcdparanoia (http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/)
-aasink aalib (http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/aalib/)
-xmms libxmms (http://www.xmms.org)
-decdvd ac3dec,mpeg2dec (http://linuxvideo.org/mpeg2dec/,http://linuxvideo.org/ac3dec/)
-sidplay libsidplay (http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/5147/sidplay/)
+
+a52dec liba52 (http://liba52.sourceforge.net/)
+aasink aalib (http://sourceforge.net/projects/aa-project/)
+cdparanoia libcdparanoia (http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/)
+decdvd ac3dec,libmpeg2 (http://libmpeg2.sourceforge.net/,
+ http://www.ac3dec.com/)
+dtsdec libdts (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
+dvdnavsrc libdvdnav (http://dvd.sourceforge.net/)
+dxr3 (http://dxr3.sourceforge.net/)
+icecastsend libshout (http://www.icecast.org)
+mad libmad (http://www.mars.org/home/rob/proj/mpeg/)
+mpeg2dec libmpeg2 (http://libmpeg2.sourceforge.net/)
+mpeg2enc libmpeg2enc (http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/)
+mplex libmplex (http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/)
+siddec libsidplay (http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/5147/sidplay/,
+ http://sourceforge.net/projects/sidplay2/)
+trm libmusicbrainz (http://www.musicbrainz.org/)
+xine libxine (http://xinehq.de/)
+xvid libxvidcore (http://www.xvid.org/)
Plugins derived from GPL code are as follows:
-synaesthesia synaesthesia (http://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~pfh/synaesthesia.html)
+
+dvdreadsrc libdvdread (http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd/)
+jack libjack (http://jackit.sourceforge.net/)
+ Note libjack is LGPL, but plugin is GPL.
+monoscope None (Algorithm by Ralph Loader, Joerg Walter,
+ Richard Boulton, and Andy Lo A Foe)
+rtjpeg None (Erik Walthinsen's algorithm)
+rtp None (http://www.linphone.org/ortp/)
+synaesthesia (http://www.logarithmic.net/pfh/synaesthesia)
+system_encode None (Algorithm by Chrisoph Moar, Wim Tayman's and
+ Erik Walthinsen)
+vbidec None (Algorithm by Billy Biggs, Doug Bell,
+ Erik Walthinsen and David I. Lehn)
Plugins which use a LGPL library are as follows:
-Colorspace Hermes (http://www.clanlib.org/hermes/)
-httpsrc libghttp (ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/sources/libghttp/)
-alsasink alsa (http://alsa-project.org)
-aRts aRts (http://arts-project.org)
-sdlsink libsdl (http://www.libsdl.org)
-gnomevfssource gnome-vfs (ftp.gnome.org//pub/GNOME/stable/sources/gnome-vfs)
-gnomevfssink gnome-vfs
-esdsink libesd (ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/sources/esound)
-icastsend libshout (http://www.icecast.org)
-lame libmp3lame (http://www.mp3dev.org/mp3/)
-gst1394 libraw1394 (http://linux1394.sourceforge.net)
-flac libFLAC (http://flac.sourceforge.net)
-RTP ortp (http://www.linphone.org/ortp/)
-Effectv effectv (http://effectv.sourceforge.net)
-ffmpeg ffmpeg (http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net)
+
+alsa alsa (http://alsa-project.org/)
+artsdsink aRts (http://arts-project.org/)
+cacasink libcaca (http://sam.zoy.org/projects/libcaca/)
+colorspacelcs libcolorspace
+dvdec libdv (http://libdv.sourceforge.net/)
+esdmon,esdsink libesd (ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/sources/esound/)
+fameenc libfame (http://fame.sourceforge.net/)
+ffmpeg ffmpeg (http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/)
+flac libFLAC (http://flac.sourceforge.net/)
+gdkpixbuf GTK+ (http://www.gtk.org/)
+gnomevfs gnome-vfs (ftp.gnome.org//pub/GNOME/stable/sources/gnome-vfs/)
+gst_arts aRts (http://arts-project.org/)
+gst1394 libraw1394 (http://www.linux1394.org/)
+gstaf libaudiofile (http://www.68k.org/~michael/audiofile/)
+gstsf libsndfile (http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/)
+hermescolorspace Hermes (http://www.clanlib.org/hermes/)
+kio KDE (http://www.kde.org/)
+ladspa (http://www.ladspa.org/)
+lame libmp3lame (http://lame.sourceforge.net/)
+libvisual libvisual (http://libvisual.sourceforge.net/)
+matroska (http://www.matroska.org/)
+ossaudio (http://www.opensound.com/)
+qcamsrc
+rfbenc librfb
+sdlvideosink libsdl (http://www.libsdl.org/)
+shout2send libshout2 (http://www.icecast.org)
+smoothwave
+swfdec (http://swfdec.sourceforge.net/)
+tarkin
+textoverlay pango (http://www.pango.org/)
Plugins which use a BSD covered library are as follows:
-vorbisenc libogg/libvorbis (http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis)
-vorbisdec libogg/libvorbis
+
+ogg libogg/libvorbis (http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/)
+vorbis libogg/libvorbis (http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/)
+gsttheora libtheora (http://www.theora.org/)
+speex (http://www.speex.org/)
Plugins based on libraries with other free licenses:
-xsink libXv (MIT X11 / X Consortium license)
-gsm libgsm (MIT license http://kbs.cs.tu-berlin.de/~jutta/toast.html)
+
+ximagesink libXv
+xvimagesink libXv
+ - license: MIT X11 / X Consortium license
+
+gsm libgsm
+ - license MIT license http://kbs.cs.tu-berlin.de/~jutta/toast.html
+
+faac libfaac (http://www.audiocoding.com/download.php)
+ - license http://www.audiocoding.com/download.php
+
+festival (http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival/)
+ - license: http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival/freecopyright.shtml
+
+jpeg (http://www.ijg.org/)
+ - license: IJG license
+
+nas (http://radscan.com/nas.html)
+ - license: NAS license
+
+snapshot libpng (http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/)
+ - license: PNG license
Plugins using non-free libraries:
-xamp3 decoder libxaudio (http://www.xaudio.com/)
-wincodec win32ddl (http://divx.euro.ru/)
+divxdec, divxenc (http://www.divx.com/)
+osxaudio (http://www.apple.com/macosx/)
+sunaudiosink (http://www.sun.com/)
+
+Unsure:
+
+mikmod libmikmod (http://mikmod.raphnet.net/)
+Seems a newer release of mikmod is LGPL, though it's listed as GPL by
+GStreamer.
+
+faad libfaad (http://www.audiocoding.com/)
+Faad is under this license (http://www.audiocoding.com/download.php) if
+using FAAD but GPL if using FAAD2. GStreamer seems to use FAAD2 if
+avaialable, then defaults to FAAD. Not sure how this should be
+described here.
+
+dirac (http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/projects/dirac/)
+The sourceforge website claims it uses GPL, LGPL, and the Mozilla Public
+License 1.1. Not sure which parts GStreamer uses, and what licenses are
+inherited.
+
+effectv effectv (http://effectv.sourceforge.net/)
+The sourceforge website claims it uses GPL, though it is currently
+listed as an LGPL library in GStreamer.
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