On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, Ian McKellar wrote: > On Tue, Nov 02, 1999 at 05:50:53PM -0500, Bill Dolson wrote: > > Hi; > > I have been developing commercial software for telecine color > > correction (film to tape transfer) using GTK on Linux for nearly a year > > now. I have a requirement to offer filter plug-ins and wish to explore > > using the GIMP Plug-ins. I did an exploratory post asking if anyone was > > aware of using GIMP plug-ins in non-GIMP apps last week but did not get > > a reply. I have been working on this some more and wish to pursue this > > further. > > As far as I can determine, for those Plug-ins which are GPLed there > > should be no problem with us distributing them so long as we comply with > > the license requirements. > > My understanding of the GPL is that you would not be able to link GPLed GIMP > plug-ins with non-GPL software. Gimp plug-ins are not linked into the calling program (they are run as separate processes), so you can call them from any program you like without violating the GPL. later, Andrew
