Wouldn't it be technically possible (with modifications, of course) to link the code not statically but dynamically?
-- Frank -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Phillip Paradis Gesendet: Donnerstag, 12. Juli 2007 00:07 An: Developer support list for Wireshark <wireshark-dev@wireshark.org>; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Re: [Wireshark-dev] GPL license question Essentially, you cannot comply with point <c> in a Wireshark plug-in DLL; in order to compile the DLL, you must have the Wireshark source available, parts of which are linked into the DLL. As Wireshark is GPL, so is the DLL. -- Phil On 7/11/07 8:46 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, I'd dissagree. With GPL v2, there is a clause that a developer can > invoke if they write their code appropriately, and if the 'infrastructure' can > support it. GPL 2 Section 2 paragraph 2, 3 and 4 cover this aspect. (Note GPL > v3, no longer appears to have these clauses.) Basically... a) if the > infrastructure can support 3rd party code invoked dynamically at run time, > and b) if the infrastructure does not 'depend' on the 3rd party code for > its operation, and c) if your code is not statically linked with GPL'ed code _______________________________________________ Wireshark-dev mailing list Wireshark-dev@wireshark.org http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev _______________________________________________ Wireshark-dev mailing list Wireshark-dev@wireshark.org http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev
