Re: Plug-in Licensing

2010-10-19 Thread Ian Lance Taylor
Justin Seyster writes: > Thanks for this advice. The link to the GCC Exception was especially helpful. > > The trick here is that I'm actually releasing a library designed to be > linked into plug-ins. I want the library itself to be copyleft but > for plug-in authors to retain any licensing fl

Re: Plug-in Licensing

2010-10-19 Thread Justin Seyster
ion.html > > See also the rationale and FAQ that it links to. > > Basically, if you use a plugin with gcc, and the plugin is not > GPL-compatible, then the resulting compiled code is covered by the GPL. > >> I vaguely remember a proposal that there would be no restriction on >

Re: Plug-in Licensing

2010-10-19 Thread Ian Lance Taylor
c-exception.html See also the rationale and FAQ that it links to. Basically, if you use a plugin with gcc, and the plugin is not GPL-compatible, then the resulting compiled code is covered by the GPL. > I vaguely remember a proposal that there would be no restriction on > plug-in licensin

Re: Plug-in Licensing

2010-10-19 Thread Basile Starynkevitch
On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:05:51 -0400 Justin Seyster wrote: > I'm getting ready to release plug-in code, and I want to have a very > clear idea about licensing before I release. I'm leaning towards > releasing everything as GPLv3, but I do want to know exactly what is > and isn't allowed. A defini

Plug-in Licensing

2010-10-19 Thread Justin Seyster
-in support got added, but my understanding is that there was a final consensus. I can't find one document though that explains exactly what this consensus was. I vaguely remember a proposal that there would be no restriction on plug-in licensing but that non-free plug-ins could only be