[Flac] flac (encoder, analyzer, decoder) tool now (also) available in JavaScript‏

[Rainer Rillke]

After compiling opusenc.js to JavaScript [1], now the flac tool is also available [2][3], too.

s/Check out/Clone/ https://github.com/Rillke/flac.js !

I
am slightly nervous about its license, the GPL and what CloudFlare is
doing: It's melting a lot of content together into one file and adding
JavaScript that doesn't appear to be GPL or compatibly licensed -- by
any chance, is there a possibility to get an exception (e.g. LGPL
license) for JavaScript versions? It's also an issue to what happens in
proprietary browsers, or more specifically in browsers with proprietary
JavaScript VM, when they optimize code and insert custom assets. In
theory, users of them can't abide with the licensing terms and use the
tool online[5]. Advice welcome.

Another thing is the flac
website[4] being GPL licensed, too. Of course one may quote from it;
however things would be easier if it would be dual licensed, with
something, say cc-by-sa 3.0 in addition.

Finally, thanks for the great free tools, Xiph.

-- Rillke

[1] http://lists.xiph.org/pipermail/opus/2014-December/002824.html
[2] https://github.com/Rillke/flac.js
[3] https://blog.rillke.com/flac.js/
[4] https://xiph.org/flac/index.html
[5] http://stackoverflow.com/a/1239727/2683737

[Martijn van Beurden]

You might want to send this to the flac-dev list too. This list
is pretty quiet.

Post by Rainer Rillke
After compiling opusenc.js to JavaScript [1], now the flac
tool is also available [2][3], too.
s/Check out/Clone/ https://github.com/Rillke/flac.js !
I am slightly nervous about its license, the GPL and what
CloudFlare is doing: It's melting a lot of content together
into one file and adding JavaScript that doesn't appear to be
GPL or compatibly licensed -- by any chance, is there a
possibility to get an exception (e.g. LGPL license) for
JavaScript versions? It's also an issue to what happens in
proprietary browsers, or more specifically in browsers with
proprietary JavaScript VM, when they optimize code and insert
custom assets. In theory, users of them can't abide with the
licensing terms and use the tool online[5]. Advice welcome.
Another thing is the flac website[4] being GPL licensed, too.
Of course one may quote from it; however things would be
easier if it would be dual licensed, with something, say
cc-by-sa 3.0 in addition.
Finally, thanks for the great free tools, Xiph.
-- Rillke
[1] http://lists.xiph.org/pipermail/opus/2014-December/002824.html
[2] https://github.com/Rillke/flac.js
[3] https://blog.rillke.com/flac.js/
[4] https://xiph.org/flac/index.html
[5] http://stackoverflow.com/a/1239727/2683737
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