Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 14:52:00 +0100 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: RMS supports Vorbis switch to BSD license? Message-ID: <20010226145200.Q42463@lpt.ens.fr>
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According to http://www.vorbis.com/press/20010226.txt With the Beta 4 release, the Ogg Vorbis libraries have moved to the BSD license. The change from LGPL to BSD was made to enable the use of Ogg Vorbis in all forms of software and hardware. Jack Moffitt says, "We are changing the license in response to feedback from many parties. It has become clear to us that adoption of Ogg Vorbis will be accelerated even further by the use of a less restrictive license that is friendlier toward proprietary software and hardware systems. We want everyone to be able to use Ogg Vorbis." In response to the change of license, Richard Stallman of the Free Software Foundation says, "I agree. It is wise to make some of the Ogg Vorbis code available for use in proprietary software, so that commercial companies doing proprietary software will use it, and help Vorbis succeed in competition with other formats that would be restricted against our use." -R To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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