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@@ -2,16 +2,23 @@ All PulseAudio source files are licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public
 License. (see file LGPL for details)
 
 However, the server side has optional GPL dependencies.  These include the
-libsamplerate (for core libraries) and bluez (for the bluetooth proximity helper
-program) libraries, 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 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.
+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.
+
+In addition to this, if D-Bus support is enabled, the PulseAudio client library
+(libpulse) MAY need to be licensed under the GPL, depending on the license
+adopted for libdbus. libdbus is licensed under either of the Academic Free
+License 2.1 or GPL 2.0 or above. Which of these applies is your choice, and the
+result affects the licensing of libpulse and thus, potentially, all programs
+that link to libpulse.
 
 Andre Adrian's echo cancellation implementation is licensed under a less
 restrictive license - see src/modules/echo-cancel/adrian-license.txt for