Re: GIMP Plug-ins for other Apps? - LGPL for some GIMP modules?

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On Tue, Nov 02, 1999 at 08:19:41PM -0600, Andrew Kieschnick wrote:
> 
> 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.

Perhaps, but that is open to interpretation. Corel is currently talking with
the author of dpkg which is called as a program (through exec) from a non-GPL
program. He sees this as a GPL violation.

Ian

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