[PD] PiDiP's legal status

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

PiDiP is actually GPL'ed since its based on GPL code, effectv.

.hc

On Jan 16, 2006, at 2:04 PM, Mathieu Bouchard wrote:

> On Mon, 16 Jan 2006, rainer kohlberger wrote:
>
>> can pdp_icedthe~ be used for 8 streams (320x240, no sound)
>> simultaneously? what computing power would be necessary, you guess? is
>> icegast able to run 2 videos full-screen on 2 displays that are
>> connected to PCI-graphic cards on a pentium ~1.5ghz? (vlc did on  
>> windows
>> while gem failed).
>
> Please note that PiDiP is legally muddy. At best, it's non-free  
> software,
> and at worst, it's illegal to distribute it.
>
> This is because it has two licences and no mention that the user can  
> pick
> either, so by default all licenses must apply at once, and because  
> those
> two licenses are conflicting. It's licensed under both the GPL and a
> modified SIBSD license. Normally, GPL and SIBSD are compatible, but the
> extra PiDiP-specific clause is conflicting with the GPL.
>
> The PiDiP-specific clause is also conflicting with the FSD (Free  
> Software
> Definition) and the OSD (Open-Source Definition): this is what is
> prompting Hans to remove PiDiP from the pd-extended installers.
>
> For more information you may read the pd-dev archives starting December
> 30th, 2005.
>
>   http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-dev/
> examples:
>   http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-dev/2005-12/005587.html
>   http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-dev/2005-12/005599.html
>   http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-dev/2005-12/005598.html
>   http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-dev/2006-01/005667.html
>
> also pd-ot:
>
>   http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-ot/
> examples:
>   http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-ot/2006-01/001373.html
>   http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-ot/2006-01/001377.html
>
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