Banshee and Mono [LWN.net]

Banshee and Mono

Posted Feb 7, 2010 15:42 UTC (Sun) by zlynx (guest, #2285)
In reply to: Banshee and Mono by drag
Parent article: New GNOME Journal articles

How does that apply when both Rhythmbox and Banshee use GStreamer to play media?

It seems to me it would be a problem with the GStreamer license if any.

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Banshee and Mono

Posted Feb 7, 2010 16:58 UTC (Sun) by drag (guest, #31333) [Link]

Gstreamer is LGPL which is designed to allow this sort of usage.

I figure that in order to be safe from stepping on anybody's toes it is
important to be able to satisfy the licensing of all software that you have
shipping as a single product.

A plugin mechanism provides some level of abstraction, but I guess it is not
enough to prevent creating a derivative product by combining two otherwise
separate pieces of software. "Derivative" as used by a legal term to indicate
were your responsibilities for copyrights end and begin.

This sort of thing is why we have lawyers, I suppose.