[vlc-devel] RoarAudio plugin for VLC

[Kaarlo Räihä]

2011/10/1 Philipp Schafft <lion at lion.leolix.org>

> flum,
>
> maister wrote a VLC plugin[0][1] to output to RoarAudio[2] using
> libroar[4]. I would like to see this included in upstream VLC.
> What is the process to get this done?
>
> However I currently see a problem: if VLC moves over to LGPL the plugin
> may not be compatible as libroar is not compatible ([5] or [6], don't
> know which applies). libroar is GPLv3. There is µRoar[7], a
> implementation of the RoarAudio protocol for license incompatible
> software. It is under LGPL v3 or later. Still this would require rewrite
> of lage parts of the plugin.
>
> What is the process of this possible change of VLC to LGPL? Haven't
> found up to date news on the page. Should commiting this plugin maybe be
> delayed until the situation is clear again?
>

At VDD it was decided that the GPL -> LGPL change will happen in steps, but
no strict timetable for that was set. And GPL plugins/modules are still
welcome after the license changes.


>
> Thanks for your work :)
>
> PS: please keep RoarAudio list in Cc.
>
> [0] https://bts.keep-cool.org/ticket/78
> [1] https://bts.keep-cool.org/raw-attachment/ticket/78/roar-vlc.tar.2.gz
> [2] http://roaraudio.keep-cool.org/
> [4] http://roaraudio.keep-cool.org/roaraudio.html
> [5] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#compat-matrix-footnote-7
> [6] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#compat-matrix-footnote-8
> [7] http://roaraudio.keep-cool.org/muroar.html
>
> --
> Philipp.
>  (Rah of PH2)
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