On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 01:57:15PM -0300, Joao S. O. Bueno wrote: > Hi. > > I do not know the X11 license, but changing the license of > the plugin template recalls me of one thing: > > If the GIMP is under the GPL, with no exceptions listed were > appropriate, them it is ilegal for non GPL-compatible plugins to be > installed. > > This is quite clear on the GPL-FAQ. > And for great that it may seen for some people to have some proprietary > plugins developed for the GIMP, that otherwise would not, we get > better respecting the GPL or __else__. > > To allow for non gpl-compatible plugins to run with the GIMP, the > license of the GIMP itself must include an exception note, stating that. The libraries needed for a GIMP plug-in are licensed under the LGPL. The way the architecture is now, plug-ins don't link against the app directly. -Yosh
