[Alsaplayer-devel] Re: [Alsaplayer-commits] SF.net SVN: alsaplayer: [1271] trunk/midi/COPYING

[Dominique Michel]

Le Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:01:26 -0400,
Hubert Chan <hubert at uhoreg.ca> a écrit :

> On 2007-07-09 16:56:59 -0400 dominique_libre at users.sourceforge.net 
> wrote:
> 
> [...]
> >   This software can be installed on SGI system. The GPL forbid to 
> > distribute
> > binaries linked on a SGI system. In consequence, you are granted the 
> > permission
> > -to distribute this software for SGI systems as long that you agree 
> > with the
> > -other conditions of the GNU General Public License version 3 or 
> > later and 
> > that
> > -you respect them.
> > +to distribute the MIDI input plugin for AlsaPlayer for SGI systems 
> > as long
> > +that you agree with the other conditions of the GNU General Public 
> > License
> > +version 3 or later and that you respect them.
> 
> Does the Midi (and fftscope) plugins contain any SGI-specific code? 

No for the fftscope. I think no also for the midi plugin because its
requirement are standard libraries, the alsaplayer and timidity if I remember
well. Nothing special in any cases.
 
> If not, there shouldn't be any problems distributing these on SGI 
> systems.  The GPL allows you to do this, as long as it only uses 
> generic routines (things that can be done on other systems).  I think 
> the only problem with SGI is the output plugin, since it needs to link 
> against an SGI-only library.
> 
> Hubert
> 
>

OK, so I will remove the exception. But it will tomorrow because I
don't have time now.

Dominique