[pLog-svn] [Discussion] About the sub-license/re-license to plogplugins

Mark Wu markplace at gmail.com
Thu Aug 4 17:11:19 GMT 2005


I suppose I can re-license  or sub-license my plugins in beginning. But
after read this
http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLAndPlugins , I just
confused. That's why I ask.

Accodring to the FAQ, I can not re-license/sub-license my plugin, if my
plugin can not "execute" alone .... Weird. It is really different as my
original understanding.

Mark

> -----Original Message-----
> From: plog-svn-bounces at devel.plogworld.net 
> [mailto:plog-svn-bounces at devel.plogworld.net] On Behalf Of Matt
> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 10:30 PM
> To: plog-svn at devel.plogworld.net
> Subject: Re: [pLog-svn] [Discussion] About the 
> sub-license/re-license to plogplugins
> 
> Mark Wu wrote:
> > Hi all:
> >  
> > I know we can not re-license or sub-license the plugin if the core 
> > program is under GPL v2. But I still want to do that ...
> 
> You can use any license you want for a "plugin." As long as 
> it is not considered part of the core. Some of the plugins I 
> released were BSD because the company I was working for 
> wanted it that way :)
> 
> If you change the license in the way you suggest it is no 
> longer the GPL especially since the GPL expressly allows it. 
> So you can't call it the GPL V2.
> 
> The spirit of the FSF is to allow you to modify their 
> licenses. Simply adding a line "you can't use this code in 
> commercial products" probably isn't sufficient...
> 
> In terms of enforceability... I doubt you'll be able to 
> enforce this donation unless you yourself control the 
> download of the plugin.
> 
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