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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: Most of the colorspaces are back !
From:       Boudewijn Rempt <boud () valdyas ! org>
Date:       2006-11-25 18:44:50
Message-ID: 200611251944.55307.boud () valdyas ! org
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On Saturday 25 November 2006 12:06, Cyrille Berger wrote:
> > Naturally we can release the plugins as gpl without affecting the libs.
> >
> > Otherwise it would be possible for anyone to force any app with a public
> > plugin structure to become gpl (some people might like that but I'm
> > pretty sure no court would ever allow that)
>
> I am not sure what you mean, but for instance you can't write a GPL plugin
> for photoshop. If the host apps doesn't have a GPL compatible licence you
> can't write GPL plugins (unless the plugins are running in different
> processes and the interface is GPL compatible of course). But that's
> completely off topic.

Actually, no. It's fine to write GPL code that runs and links against whatever 
closed source system you want. You just have to make it clear that you, the 
author, allows that. (And then there's the whole situation of being allowed 
to link against closed system libraries). 

> As for kolourpaint, which is bsd, it can links 
> against pigment and remains bsd. But as soon as some users wants to use one
> of the plugins colorspace the binary becomes GPL.

Nope. It doesn't work that way. If Clarence takes the LGPL pigment library and 
one of his users take our GPL rgb32 plugin, the license of Kolourpaint 
doesn't change at all. It is impossible for a user to change the license of 
an application: only the author can do that. 

-- 
Boudewijn Rempt 
http://www.valdyas.org/fading/index.cgi

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