[Uml-devel] GPL question

[Mathias Meyer]

On Friday 16 May 2003 11:20 Sebastian Stein wrote:
> If a company decides to implement some Umbrello plugins, could they do
> this without releasing the source code? I think this would be a great
> benefit, but I'm not sure if the GPL allows this.
>
> So don't get me wrong I don't know any company at the moment going to
> do this, but it is just interesting for me.
>
I came over that issue while working on my dissertation, and it's a 
question of interpretation I think. You might want to check the GPL FAQ:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLAndPlugins
Check this and the following two following paragraphs. Seems like plug-ins 
for a GPL'd program have to be GPL.

Regards,
Mathias
-- 
"only wimps use backup: _real_ men just upload their important stuff
on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it ;)" - linus torvalds
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 481 bytes
Desc: signature
URL: <http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/umbrello-devel/attachments/20030516/3b36225c/attachment.sig>