Hokay, so a dissector links with GPL code and must therefore be provided
as source. Might be worth adding this as a note to the FAQ, whoever
controls it, just to make it clear.
Thanks!
Rob
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Subject: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Wireshark licence terms and dissectors
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0-faq.html#LinkingWithGPL
On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 3:59 PM, Rob Meades <Rob.Meades@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Apologies if this is already known, but I couldn't find the answer in
> the FAQ.
>
> We have created a dissector for Wireshark and would like to provide it
> to our customers. Is a dissector considered a part of Wireshark from
> the point of view of the GPL license? In other words, are we required
> to give the source code for the dissector to our customers?
>
> Thanks in advance for any pointers.
>
> Rob
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