Re: Plugins, libraries, licenses and Debian

[mru@kth.se (Måns Rullgård)]

Steve Langasek <vorlon@netexpress.net> writes:

>> When we see a plugin written under the GPL for a GPL-incompatible work,
>> we have two choices:
>
>> - Assume the author of the plugin was confused, and that the plugin
>>   isn't even distributable, or
>> - Assume that the author intends that the plugin have an implicit
>>   exception for the gpl-incompatible work.
>
> - Assume that the author knows what he's doing after all, and only
>   intends for the plugin to be distributable in source format until a
>   GPL-compatible framework comes along.

But the framework *is* GPL compatible.  It's another plugin that's
not.

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