Andrew Suffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> OK, say I use the X11 license. Now suppose someone installs a closed >> source plugin. Suppose it also happens that this same user has >> installed some GPL plugin. Both plugins would be allowed separately, >> right? When the user runs the program, it will load both plugins. >> Would this in some magical way make the plugins derived works of each >> other, thus violating the GPL? > > No. But a vendor could get into trouble if they shipped both.
How's that? The GPL allows distribution together with non-GPL works, as long as the non-GPL things are not derived from anything GPL'd. In my opinion, placing two shared objects in the same tar file doesn't make one a derived work of the other. Would it make a difference if the offending (to rms) plugins were distributed separately? -- Måns Rullgård [EMAIL PROTECTED]
