[Chris Waters <chris.waters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> PS: While we are talking about GPL: Are the complete sources for
Packetyzer
>   available anywhere?

www.packetyzer.com

Have a look in the downloads section.

Regards,

Chris.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joerg Mayer" <jmayer@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Ronnie Sahlberg" <ronnie_sahlberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <ethereal-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Request: Change the allowed license of plugins


> On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 06:58:28AM +1100, Ronnie Sahlberg wrote:
>
> > If you want a transfer of copyright from from me to you on stuff I
write,
> > that may be arranged but
> > would then involve you tranfering a huge amoung of money to me first.
>
> I second that.
>
> > After thinking it over I like the current licence and can currently not
see
> > any real benefits at all from changing it. I can only see drawbacks.
>
> I see a real benefit in allowing non-GPL'd plugins. IIRC that was one of
the
> points for creating the plugin API. One such example is the H323
dissector,
> which was created using a tool which generates code that is license
> incompatible with the GPL. Another one is the fact that some technitians
want
> to be able to write dissectors for their companies protocols without
having
> to be afraid of judicial harrasment in some parts of the world.
> I'm not a fan of binary only plugins because the plugin API is too much of
a
> moving target but it would be nice if developers were allowed to release
> plugins for proprietary protocols at all, if need be even as binary only.
The
> only requirement that is needed is, that reverse engineering by looking at
> input/output values must not be disallowed/ discouraged in any way by the
> license of the plugin.
>
>   Ciao
>           Jörg
>
> PS: While we are talking about GPL: Are the complete sources for
Packetyzer
>   available anywhere?
> --
> Joerg Mayer                                          <jmayer@xxxxxxxxx>
> I found out that "pro" means "instead of" (as in proconsul). Now I know
> what proactive means.
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