[lug] May 9th talk topics

[Peter Hutnick]

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On Friday 03 May 2002 08:20 am, Scott A. Herod wrote:

> Another question of linking is how aftermarket, 3rd-party plugins should
> be considered.  If I write an xscreensaver plugin and GPL it, does that
> mean xscreensaver and all other plugins must then be GPL'ed if I ship
> them with my plugin?

Also a FAQ.  http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLAndPlugins

Also note that this is really talking about non-Free or minimally non-GPL 
compatible code.  If we are talking about Free Software with a GPL-compatible 
license see http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#WhatIsCompatible

And nothing you do can change the license of someone else's code.  If you 
cause a GPL violation in this way it is on you, it doesn't become incumbent 
on the author of the original work to re-license just because you created a 
violation with his code.

- -Peter

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