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cuse wrote:No it's not, it's released under the GNU Library General Public License.

You're right - the debian copyright file suggests otherwise, but libartsc is definitely under the LGPL, so it's prefectly allright for LS to link to it.

Sorry

A quick 'ldd' of LinuxSampler showed that it links to libartsc.

However, libartsc is under the GPL, while LinuxSampler is not (as it adds an exception). Doesn't this make distribution LinuxSampler a violation of the libartsc license?

The licence contradicts itself. It both states there is an exception and that there cannot be any exceptions! Section 6 is about re distribution, not distribution. The LS team is perfectly allowed to release their own code under a `GPL-with-exceptions' license. However, third parties are not allowe...