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# Licensing and Dependency Review
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The repository's original code, example and documentation are under the MIT
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license in LICENSE (copyright Johannes Findeisen). No energyXT source, artwork,
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proprietary SDK, vendored DSP or plugin binary is included. Permissively
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licensed ABI headers are vendored with their own notices. The source archive
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contains repository files and an export manifest; it does not bundle system
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libraries. Installation includes LICENSE and these documents.
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The host review inspected installed package metadata and local license files.
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Package-level license sets can include utilities/docs that differ from the
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specific library being linked; retain the relevant upstream notices when
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redistributing dependencies. The default install uses system shared libraries.
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| Component | Inspected license / role |
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| FLTK 1.4.5 | LGPL-2.0-only with FLTK exception; optional GUI. `/usr/share/licenses/fltk/COPYING` contains the linking/subclass exceptions. No local modifications. |
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| PipeWire JACK client library | Installed client COPYING is MIT (Wim Taymans); package metadata also lists GPL/LGPL components. No PipeWire binaries are bundled. |
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| Traditional JACK client | Alternative backend library commonly LGPL; inspect the actual distribution package instead of assuming PipeWire's license. |
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| glibc/libm | LGPL-2.1-or-later library code; package also contains GPL components. System runtime. |
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| libstdc++/libgcc | GPL-3.0-or-later with GCC Runtime Library Exception 3.1. System C++ runtime. |
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| Pango/GLib | LGPL family; installed Pango metadata LGPL-2.0-or-later. FLTK text stack. |
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| Cairo | LGPL-2.1-only OR MPL-1.1. FLTK graphics stack. |
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| Fontconfig | HPND AND Unicode-DFS-2016 in inspected package. |
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| FreeType | FTL OR GPL-2.0-or-later; distribution can select FTL. |
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| HarfBuzz, Wayland, libdecor, xkbcommon | MIT-family licenses; check each shipped package. |
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| X11 libraries | MIT/X11-family notices. |
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| D-Bus | AFL-2.1 OR GPL-2.0-or-later. |
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| Python 3 | PSF-2.0; build/test/package scripts use only the standard library. Not an application runtime dependency. |
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CMake (BSD-3-Clause), a backend such as Ninja (Apache-2.0) or GNU Make
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(GPL-3.0-or-later), GCC/Clang, binutils, pkg-config and optional
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Xvfb/xdotool/sanitizers
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are build/test tools, not shipped dependencies. New Python tooling needs Python
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3.12+ for safe tar extraction in release tests; this host has Python 3.14.8. No
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packages were installed and no application dependency was added.
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Binary redistributors must inspect their own `readelf -d`/`ldd` dependency set
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and supply the notices/source/relinking facilities required by those exact
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licenses and linking choices. FLTK's exception does not remove obligations of
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other linked libraries. This review covers the current unmodified system-linked
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build; static all-in-one bundles and external plugins need a separate review.
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## LADSPA Review
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The optional external host includes the system LADSPA 1.1 header (`ladspa`
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1.17-7), copyright Richard W.E. Furse, Paul Barton-Davis and Stefan Westerfeld,
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LGPL-2.1-or-later. No header, implementation or plugin binary is copied into the
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repository. The host uses the glibc dynamic loader (`-ldl`, LGPL-2.1-or-later),
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with no discovery/runtime SDK library or new installed package. LADSPA is mature
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and stable; it does not provide modern instrument/MIDI/opaque-state services.
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The original fixture in tests/plugins is MIT repository code.
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Acceptance dynamically loads the user's installed LADSPA sample amp/sine modules
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(package metadata LGPL-2.1-or-later) and SWH inverter (swh-plugins 0.4.17-7,
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GPL-2.0-or-later). Testing/loading a user-installed module does not grant the
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right to bundle or relicense it. Redistributors must review each chosen module
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and the combined distribution's obligations separately; xtc's MIT grant covers
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only its original code. No third-party plugin is included in source archives or
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installs.
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## Pinned Header Dependencies
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CLAP headers are MIT, copyright Alexandre BIQUE, from upstream commit
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`a47f6badb49d948fd009998f28309cdab78979c9`. The generated VST3 C ABI header is
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BSD-3-Clause, copyright Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH, from commit
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`93a116f7c6c52a317ec3aaee9b13789068b5234e`. Exact licenses are retained under
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third_party and installed as CLAP-LICENSE / VST3-C-API-LICENSE. These are header
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specifications only: no external runtime SDK or network build step was added.
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Review updates explicitly; do not assume future revisions share the same
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license.
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The VST2 compatibility declarations and all three ABI fixtures are original MIT
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repository code; no Steinberg VST2 SDK or third-party plugin is bundled. Hosting
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an installed binary is distinct from SDK, trademark and plugin redistribution
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rights. Review those separately for any proposed distribution. Source archives
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retain upstream notices; binary installs also ship both header licenses.
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