theora dev - Nov 2009 - Licenses GPL and LGPL

Hello,

I am new to Cortado and I am very interested in playing video in some of my Java
applets using the Theora decoder. I would like to write a LGPL library to use
the decoders in Processing (see processing.org).

I prefer LGPL over GPL because it allows a wider usage of the library. The core
libraries of Processing are released under LGPL as well.

I would like to use com.fluendo.plugin and com.fluendo.jheora which are LGPL,
but the problem is that they use some classes from com.fluendo.jst and
com.fluendo.utils that have a GPL license at the beginning of the file. I think
that if you need a single GPL file to compile a LGPL library, the whole must be
released under the GPL (and cannot be released under the LGPL), am I right?

It is weird because half the files in the jst package are GPL and the other half
are LGPL. Maybe the license changed at some point and some of the files
haven't been modified. Could someone confirm the current license of these
files? (according to the Copyright should be Fluendo S.L.)

The GPL files that I am concerned about are: 

com.fluendo.jst
 Buffer
 Bus
 Clock
 ClockProvider
 Event
 Format
 Message
 Query
 SystemClock

com.fluendo.utils
 Base64Converter
 Debug
 MemUtils

com.fluendo.jst is used by com.fluendo.plugin
com.fluendo.utils is used everywhere (plugin, jtheora, jtiger, jkate)

Thanks in advance,

Octavi

On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 1:01 AM, o e <oooooooo8 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I would like to use com.fluendo.plugin and com.fluendo.jheora which are
LGPL, but the problem is that they use some classes from com.fluendo.jst and
com.fluendo.utils that have a GPL license at the beginning of the file. I think
that if you need a single GPL file to compile a LGPL library, the whole must be
released under the GPL (and cannot be released under the LGPL), am I right?
That is correct. Well, the LGPL portions remain LGPL, but the
aggregate must be treated as if it were GPL.
> Could someone confirm the current license of these files? (according to the
Copyright should be Fluendo S.L.)
I believe the licensing is as intended. I don't know whether they'd be
willing to change the jst portions. The C version is LGPL. Thomas?

 -r