-However, the server side links to the GPL-only library 'libsamplerate' which
-practically downgrades the license of the server part to GPL (see file GPL for
-details), exercising section 3 of the LGPL.
+However, the server side has optional GPL dependencies. These include the
+libsamplerate and gdbm (core libraries), LIRC (lirc module) and FFTW (equalizer
+module), although others may also be included in the future. If PulseAudio is
+compiled with these optional components, this effectively downgrades the
+license of the server part to GPL (see the file GPL for details), exercising
+section 3 of the LGPL. In such circumstances, you should treat the client
+library (libpulse) of PulseAudio as being LGPL licensed and the server part
+(libpulsecore) as being GPL licensed. Since the PulseAudio daemon, tests,
+various utilities/helpers and the modules link to libpulsecore and/or the afore
+mentioned optional GPL dependencies they are of course also GPL licensed also
+in this scenario.