[Arm-netbook] Video Decoder library license

[lkcl luke]

2012/4/23 Henrik Nordström <henrik at henriknordstrom.net>:
> mån 2012-04-23 klockan 13:00 +0100 skrev lkcl luke:
>
>>  ah, yes, i'd forgotten about that: "system libraries" are an
>> exemption from the GPL's conditions.  this exemption was added because
>> many proprietary OSes such as solaris had proprietary libraries,
>> proprietary header files, proprietary binaries etc. that were
>> essential to the operation of the hardware and could not, obviously,
>> be replaced all in one go.
>
> GPLv2 and GPLv3 differ significantly here in what is covered. Imho it
> would be quite hard to argue that MALI or the cedar video acceleration
> qualify under GPLv2.

 i've already spoken to dr richard stallman and have clarified that
such "system libraries", by virtue of _being_ "system libraries", by
virtue of them providing direct access to hardware, are in fact
exempt.

 l.