Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: ANNOUNCE: gimp-plugin-template 1.3.1

2003-07-28 Thread Nathan Carl Summers
On Sat, 26 Jul 2003, Adam D. Moss wrote: 2) It might be argued that the basic dependance and interconnection of a not-GPL-compatible plug-in with the GPL GIMP core via libgimp and the wire protocol is intimate enough that the two cannot be considered independent and separate

Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: ANNOUNCE: gimp-plugin-template 1.3.1

2003-07-28 Thread Adam D. Moss
Nathan Carl Summers wrote: On Sat, 26 Jul 2003, Adam D. Moss wrote: 2) It might be argued that the basic dependance and interconnection of a not-GPL-compatible plug-in with the GPL GIMP core via libgimp and the wire protocol is intimate enough that the two cannot be considered independent

Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: ANNOUNCE: gimp-plugin-template 1.3.1

2003-07-26 Thread Adam D. Moss
Adam D. Moss wrote: I agree that it would be wise to point out this explicit exemption for pdb calls into the GIMP LICENSE file. I'll do this soon if I don't get beaten to it. Done, for 1.2 and 1.3. (If anyone disagrees with the specifics, pull it...) --Adam -- Adam D. Moss . ,,^^ [EMAIL

Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: ANNOUNCE: gimp-plugin-template 1.3.1

2003-07-26 Thread Carol Spears
Adam D. Moss wrote: Adam D. Moss wrote: I agree that it would be wise to point out this explicit exemption for pdb calls into the GIMP LICENSE file. I'll do this soon if I don't get beaten to it. Done, for 1.2 and 1.3. (If anyone disagrees with the specifics, pull it...) --Adam can someone

Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: ANNOUNCE: gimp-plugin-template 1.3.1

2003-07-26 Thread Adam D. Moss
Carol Spears wrote: can someone explain these license problems in perfectly good fuzzy american words, complete with adjectives and interjections; perhaps limited to only 3 conjunctions for me? 1) The GPL doesn't allow a GPL and a not-GPL-compatible code unit to be intimately linked together.

Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: ANNOUNCE: gimp-plugin-template 1.3.1

2003-07-26 Thread Carol Spears
Adam D. Moss wrote: Carol Spears wrote: can someone explain these license problems in perfectly good fuzzy american words, complete with adjectives and interjections; perhaps limited to only 3 conjunctions for me? 1) The GPL doesn't allow a GPL and a not-GPL-compatible code unit to be

Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: ANNOUNCE: gimp-plugin-template 1.3.1

2003-07-26 Thread Adam D. Moss
Carol Spears wrote: for some reason, i thought that when gnu put the url to the creative commons page on their site and when the creative commons put gpl in the list of options, that all the license problems would go away. Gosh... no. stripping everything from the libgimp package and offereing

[Gimp-developer] Re: ANNOUNCE: gimp-plugin-template 1.3.1

2003-07-25 Thread Joao S. O. Bueno
Hi. I do not know the X11 license, but changing the license of the plugin template recalls me of one thing: If the GIMP is under the GPL, with no exceptions listed were appropriate, them it is ilegal for non GPL-compatible plugins to be installed. This is quite clear on the GPL-FAQ. And for

Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: ANNOUNCE: gimp-plugin-template 1.3.1

2003-07-25 Thread Adam D. Moss
Manish Singh wrote: The libraries needed for a GIMP plug-in are licensed under the LGPL. The way the architecture is now, plug-ins don't link against the app directly. Quite so. However, from the GPL FAQ (I presume this is the root of Joao's excitement):

Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: ANNOUNCE: gimp-plugin-template 1.3.1

2003-07-25 Thread Adam D. Moss
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Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: ANNOUNCE: gimp-plugin-template 1.3.1

2003-07-25 Thread David Neary
Joao S. O. Bueno wrote: I do not know the X11 license, but changing the license of the plugin template recalls me of one thing: If the GIMP is under the GPL, with no exceptions listed were appropriate, them it is ilegal for non GPL-compatible plugins to be installed. The GPL doesn't care