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faq: general: improve license section

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Drop reference to nonexistent LINCENSE_Readme file
Drop confusing reference to unclear future behavior
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Reynaldo H. Verdejo Pinochet 2017-08-15 14:10:28 -07:00
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@ -85,16 +85,16 @@ however under the GPL, which means that those plugins can not be used by
a non-GPL-compatible application. Those are few and far between though a non-GPL-compatible application. Those are few and far between though
and there are usually non-GPL alternatives available for those GPL libraries. and there are usually non-GPL alternatives available for those GPL libraries.
As part of the GStreamer source download you find a file called As a general rule, GStreamer aims at using only LGPL or BSD licensed
LICENSE\_readme in gst-plugins package. That file contains information libraries and only use GPL or proprietary libraries when no good LGPL or BSD
in the exact licensing terms of the libraries we use. As a general rule,
GStreamer aims at using only LGPL or BSD licensed libraries if available
and only use GPL or proprietary libraries where no good LGPL or BSD
alternatives are available. alternatives are available.
You can see the effective license of a plugin as license field in You can see the effective license of a plugin as the **License** field in
`gst-inspect-1.0`. In the future we might have the application enforce a the output of the following command:
stricter policy (much like tainting in the kernel).
```
gst-inspect-1.0 <plugin name>
```
## Is GStreamer a sound server? ## Is GStreamer a sound server?