[Kde-accessibility] SSML and the GPL

[Paul Giannaros]

On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 09:51:38 +0000, Bill Haneman <bill.haneman at sun.com> wrote:
> As far as I can see it's OK now.  In the past, before the RF issues were
> clarified (and especially during the w3c's flirtation with
> "non-discriminatory" licenses), there were concerns.
> 
> When I wrote my email about SSML/XML licensing issues, my intent was
> basically "we should make sure we're using a GPL license here"; my
> recollection that of the several XML/speech variants, some had serious
> issues.  I now recall that SSML is the one that we (GNOME folks) decided
> was OK at the time.  I think we've done our basic homework on SSML
> licensing issues now, and it does look OK to me too (IANAL of course).
> So barring getting an actual lawyer to review[1], I think we can agree
> on SSML as the XML markup flavor[2] and more on.
> 
> - Bill
> 
> [1] pardon the pun
> [2] we may consider whether it's feasible to support the whole spec, or
> just a subset, for our API, and how to deal with engines that provide
> incomplete support.

KTTSD already has a method outlined for dealing with plugins that
provide crippled/obscure/no support for a form of output modification
through markup. No worries there.

Good to hear you think its okay.


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>  On Sat, 2004-10-30 at 20:24, Kenneth Wimer wrote:
> > * Paul Giannaros <ceruleanblaze at gmail.com> [Oct 30. 2004 21:13]:
> > > It boils down to the fact that it may not be GPL compatible and, as
> > > Gary is concerned, not allow it to be included as a debian package. I
> > > too think it seems to be ok to continue, but I'll wait for more
> > > information first.
> > >
> >
> > THe idea that someone might sue you in the future for patent
> > infringement is an important one, but quite different from that of "can
> > I release my work as GPL". Perhaps there is someone who could take care
> > of such issues, who has a legal background?
> >
> > Bye,
> > Kenneth
> >
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