Re: Question regarding a LGPL program and closed-source plugin

2003-05-05 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Yong Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On 2 May 2003, Henning Makholm wrote: > > Scripsit Yong Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > One of the plugins, arguably the only one that most people will be > > > interested, is binary only. > > This will prevent the server itself from being in main - but it can

Re: Question regarding a LGPL program and closed-source plugin

2003-05-02 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Fri, 2 May 2003, Yong Li wrote: > program SCIM is released under LGPL. However the server alone doesn't do > anything interesting. The real input methods are developed as plugins for > the server. Upon running the chosen plugin(s) will be loaded into the [...] > nutshell it's very similar to

Re: Question regarding a LGPL program and closed-source plugin

2003-05-02 Thread Yong Li
On 2 May 2003, Henning Makholm wrote: > Scripsit Yong Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Upon running the chosen plugin(s) will be loaded into the > > server's space through dlopen. Then the server will get pointers of > > functions from the plugin and call them as certain events occur. > > > One of t

Re: Question regarding a LGPL program and closed-source plugin

2003-05-02 Thread Bernhard R. Link
* Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030502 20:30]: > Scripsit Yong Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Upon running the chosen plugin(s) will be loaded into the > > server's space through dlopen. Then the server will get pointers of > > functions from the plugin and call them as certain events occur.

Re: Question regarding a LGPL program and closed-source plugin

2003-05-02 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Yong Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Upon running the chosen plugin(s) will be loaded into the > server's space through dlopen. Then the server will get pointers of > functions from the plugin and call them as certain events occur. > One of the plugins, arguably the only one that most people wi

Question regarding a LGPL program and closed-source plugin

2003-05-02 Thread Yong Li
Hello everyone, On debian-chinese list someone has expressed an intension to package a Chinese input server SCIM and its plugins for Debian. The input server program SCIM is released under LGPL. However the server alone doesn't do anything interesting. The real input methods are developed as plug