On Mon, Jan 10, 2000 at 06:53:59PM +0000, alex <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Unfortunately, libswf.a is not GPL, so what is the feasability of writing a
> gimp plugin for SWF?
I don't see the problem (yet)? Plug-ins do not need to be GPL'ed (at least
not when the last rmeaining license bits have been resolved ;->)
> The SWF file-format is open, so it could easily be reimplemented as some
> sort of GPL-thing. Another reason to reimplement it is that it is only
> available for Irix, BSD and Linux/x86. It would be a bit of a kludge, as
> Gimp clearly is not a vector graphics app. Your thoughts appreciated.
At some distant future, gimp's vector capabilities will be vastly
improved. But at the moment there shouldn't be much incentive for a swf
plug-in. Re-implementing it as a GPL library (maybe LGPL is suited,
even), would be worthwhile despite this, however!!!!
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