flac dev - Feb 2018 - Using FLAC encoder in my software

Hello

I'm the developer of the newly released FM Composer, an open source music
software featuring a tracker and an FM synthesizer : http://fmcomposer.org

It's currently under GPL v3.

I've added a FLAC export feature for the next version to be released, using
libFLAC. I'm not really sure about what I can do, even after reading the
copyright notice...

- Should I use libFLAC as static or dynamic library ?
- No problem including it in a GPL program ?
- I've added Josh Coalson and Xiph.Org Foundation in the credits. Is it
enough or should I copy some more legal text somewhere ?

Thanks in advance for your help :)
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Stéphane Damo wrote:
> - Should I use libFLAC as static or dynamic library ?
libFALC is BSD licensed. The flac command line program is GPL licened.

Whether you use libFLAC as a static or dynamic library is totally up
to you.
> - No problem including it in a GPL program ?
No problems as long as you abide by the licenses. There are no issues
whatsoever using a BSD licensed library (either statically or dynamically
linked) in a GPL program.
> - I've added Josh Coalson and Xiph.Org Foundation in the credits. Is it
> enough or should I copy some more legal text somewhere ?
That is more than sufficient.

Erik
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Thank you for your answer.

FLAC support was requested by one of my users so I'm happy I can answer
positively.

Keep up the good work @Xiph !

On 28 February 2018 at 23:44, Erik de Castro Lopo <mle+la at
mega-nerd.com>
wrote:
> Stéphane Damo wrote:
>
> > - Should I use libFLAC as static or dynamic library ?
>
> libFALC is BSD licensed. The flac command line program is GPL licened.
>
> Whether you use libFLAC as a static or dynamic library is totally up
> to you.
>
> > - No problem including it in a GPL program ?
>
> No problems as long as you abide by the licenses. There are no issues
> whatsoever using a BSD licensed library (either statically or dynamically
> linked) in a GPL program.
>
> > - I've added Josh Coalson and Xiph.Org Foundation in the credits.
Is it
> > enough or should I copy some more legal text somewhere ?
>
> That is more than sufficient.
>
> Erik
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