Re: Plugins, libraries, licenses and Debian

[mru@kth.se (Måns Rullgård)]

Steve Langasek <vorlon@netexpress.net> writes:

>> I mean, I can understand not wanting people to use GNU Readline as part of
>> a GPL-incompatible app unless it in no way actually depends on it being
>> GNU Readline, rather than something else with the same API. But claiming
>> that a GPLed *plugin* created *after* a program with a defined plugin
>> API, and after another plugin with a GPL-incompatible license, causes the
>> distribution of a package of "program plus some plugins that work with it"
>> to become a derived work, is just frigging silly.
>
> I don't believe that is the claim.

Then read the section "Can I use the GPL for a plug-in for a non-free
program?" in the GPL FAQ:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLPluginsInNF
If there are any other interpretations of that section, please
enlighten me.

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