[x264-devel] Re: GPL-incompatible exras/getopt.c in x264 source

[Fabian Greffrath]

Funny thing is, that the corresponding header file, extras/getopt.h, is
a GPL-licensed version by the Free Software Foundation.

Am Sonntag, den 28.01.2007, 19:11 +0100 schrieb Fabian Greffrath:
> Dear x264 developers,
> 
> I have prepared .deb packages for x264 and am currently trying to get
> them into the official Debian archive. During the packaging I
> encountered one important problem: 
> 
> The file getopt.c in extras/ is 4-clause BSD licensed, which makes it
> incompatible to the GPL, which in turn is the license for nearly all
> other source files. Consequently the GPL-code may not be linked against
> this single file!
> 
> I have already tried to compile x264 with the extras/getopt.c file
> removed from the tarball and it compiled without problems (at least on
> my i386 GNU/Linux machine). 
> Nevertheless: Could you please replace this file with a GPL-compatible
> one? Otherwise the code could be undistributable for Debian.
> 
> Thank you very much!
> 
> Cheers,
> Fabian
> 

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