From: ericzen (ericzen@ez-net.com)
Date: Tue Jul 15 2003 - 00:13:07 EDT
On 2003.07.14 06:42 Alan Horkan wrote:
>
> http://www.link.cs.cmu.edu/link/
>
> Did they switch to a GPL compatible license?
Alan,
We've had this chat before. Dom wrote to Rui:
http://www.abisource.com/mailinglists/abiword-dev/02/Mar/0105.html
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This is my point - I can link GPL AbiWord with non-GPL Link *without*
modifying Link's license if I use it via a plugin. I've modified the
plugin's copyright from GPL -> GPL + Exception
From my understanding, this does *NOT* require the whole of AbiWord to
be released under GPL + Exception.
1) The plugin is a dynamically loadable module and separate from AbiWord
as a whole
2) The plugin is released under a GPL-compatible license (GPL +
exception), so AbiWord's GPL code can call the plugin and the plugin can
call AbiWord's GPL code
3) Therefore AbiWord can load this plugin, legally
This does *not* affect the copyright on existing AbiWord code at all. I
am the sole copyright holder on the plugin, therefore I have complete
authority to change the license as I see fit.
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Legal links and other considerations at address.
/me closes discussion
-Eric
Maybe you could start a "Free Linker" Fund Drive.... It worked for Blender!
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