[pLog-svn] templates/plugins have to be GPL without an "exemption"?
Jon Daley
plogworld at jon.limedaley.com
Tue Sep 25 08:16:29 EDT 2007
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, Oscar Renalias wrote:
> I think that this summarizes it pretty well:
>
>> "We don't consider plugins or
>> templates (e.g. that code that lives in the plugins or templates directory
>> of a LifeType installation) that is created by a 3rd party to be a
>> derivative work of the LifeType software. We highly encourage you to
>> release your plugins and templates under the GPL, but you are free to use
>> other licenses as well".
>
> But if you're right and this goes against the GPL, then we need to
> make this exception clause visible somewhere.
Yes, I think it should go in the LICENSE file as well as on the
web page. I'll send an email to the license at fsf or whatever it is, and
see what they think, and if they have a clause of this sort already
written somewhere.
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