Re: Plugins, libraries, licenses and Debian
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.
--
Måns Rullgård
mru@kth.se
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