[Uml-devel] GPL question

[Jonathan Riddell]

On Fri, 16 May 2003, Sebastian Stein wrote:

> Jonathan Riddell <jr at jriddell.org> [030516 13:47]:
> > Since it would be dynamically linked to our GPL'd library it would be a
> > derived work and would have to be licenced under the GNU GPL if it was
>
> Ah ok, and if it was possible to write a plugin without linking against
> Umbrello, it could be delivered without source, right?

Yes, depending on what mechanism was used.  But Umbrello only allows for
code generation plugins through dynamicly linking libraries and it would
be hard to see any other mechanism.  Which is a very good thing since one
of the main advantages of Umbrello is that it's Free Software, otherwise
you may as well be using Rational etc.

Jonathan Riddell