[SCM] gmerlin-avdecoder/master: Update copyright (still BSD-4 flaws to workout, though).

[Jonas Smedegaard]

On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 12:18:42PM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
>On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 11:30:13AM +0100, IOhannes m zmölnig wrote:
>>On 12/10/2010 09:53 AM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
>>>We _must_ rip out the BSD-4 licensed code from our source.  We 
>>>_can_ simply rip it out, and then add a Debian-specific patch 
>>>reapplying one of those alternative files,
>>
>>
>>i don't see the need for that, as this file is only needed if and 
>>only if the system does not provide an inet_aton itself (currently 
>>i can only check on linux (not kFreeBSD or hurd), and libc6 does 
>>come with an implementation.
>>
>>so the file is not needed, and no replacement is needed.
>>we need not ship the file, and be save and happy.
>>
>>>but would be much better if upstream did it.
>>
>>
>>which still holds true, as in this case we won't even need to 
>>exclude an offending file, but just take upstream as it is.
>>
>>
>>the main problem i do see now is, that the offending code has been 
>>copied into a separate file but not moved (it still exists in a cre 
>>component that we cannot exclude)
>
>I fail to understand your arguments, when put together:
>
>First, you turn down my proposal as "unneeded", but then you conclude 
>that we do have a problem.  Isn't that the same problem which I 
>address?

I was wrong!

Please do elaborate on what problem you see that still exist.


  - Jonas

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