[andreas.sikkema@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Hi

As you all (should?) know, I have released an H.323 dissector 
for Ethereal. The dissector makes heavy use of MPL licensed code
and Ethereal is off course GPL. From what I know of GPL I cannot 
link my H.323 dissector with Ethereal. I have to create a plugin
and then it's possible to use the H.323 dissector legally.

In a "Letter to the editor" in the current Linux Weekly News 
( http://lwn.net/2000/0914/backpage.php3 (last letter) ) 
I read the following:

"And if you want to link with a GPLed program, get one side to 
 grant an exclusion for the other side. Instant legality 
 without the "viral" nature."

So, my question is, can I get such an exclusion for my H.323 
dissector, which is Open Source?


BTW, should I send my packet-rtp, rtcp, tpkt and h261 sources 
to this list, so I can get them to be included in the next 
Ethereal version?

-- 
Andreas Sikkema
andreas.sikkema@xxxxxxxxxxx
"Standing barefoot in a river of clues, most people would 
         not get their toes wet." - Brian Kantor in a.s.r.