[Shai Machnes <shai_m2@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear powers-that-be (i.e. Ethereal developers): 
 
I work for a company developing embedded systems for
3rd parties. And a big part of our work is protocols.
Proprietary ones.
 
I want to give my clients, in addition to the protocol
code a plugin to Ethereal to dissect the protocol.
 
Can I do that? 
Does the plug-in / dissector / protocol definition has
to be GPLed?
 
If the answer to the above is "yes", can I get around
this by placing the real dissection in a separate
processs and IPC with it via a shell plugin which I
will GPL?
 
 
                  With thanks,
 
 
 
                                   Shai
 
P.S.
    I don't think it matters much, but perhaps I
should mention my client will use the plugin only for
internal development purposes and not distribute it
further.



		
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