Wouldn't it be technically possible (with modifications, of course) to link the code not statically but dynamically?
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Frank
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Von: wireshark-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wireshark-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Im Auftrag von Phillip Paradis
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 12. Juli 2007 00:07
An: Developer support list for Wireshark <wireshark-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Fulko.Hew@xxxxxxxxx
Betreff: Re: [Wireshark-dev] GPL license question
Essentially, you cannot comply with point <c> in a Wireshark plug-in DLL; in order to compile the DLL, you must have the Wireshark source available, parts of which are linked into the DLL. As Wireshark is GPL, so is the DLL.
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Phil
On 7/11/07 8:46 AM, "Fulko.Hew@xxxxxxxxx" <Fulko.Hew@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Actually, I'd dissagree. With GPL v2, there is a clause that a
developer can
> invoke if they write their code appropriately,
and if the 'infrastructure' can
> support it.
GPL 2 Section 2 paragraph 2, 3 and 4 cover this aspect.
(Note GPL
> v3, no longer appears to have these clauses.)
Basically...
a) if the
> infrastructure can support 3rd party code invoked
dynamically at run time,
> and
b) if the infrastructure does not 'depend' on the 3rd party
code for
> its operation, and
c) if your code is not statically linked with GPL'ed code
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