[sldev] Why Linden Labs needs to let the community extend the client without asking for their IP

[Mike Dickson]

Not sure that I'd make the assumption that Python somehow absolves me of
the GPL.  I suppose it depends on how the plugin interface works. But
thats fairly language agnostic anyway.

Mike

On Sun, 2007-04-08 at 05:12 -0400, Jason Giglio wrote:
> Callum Lerwick wrote:
> > system that closed source plugins could plug in to. The GPL expressly
> > forbids this. Unless you negotiate a commercial license with Linden Lab,
> > its a license violation. I don't think Linden Lab's intentions could be
> > any clearer about this.
> 
> This is not necessarily the case Callum.  What if I created a Python 
> plugin?   I could then distribute my actual plugins written in Python, 
> under any license I like.
> 
> This is just one example of how a differently licensed plugin can be 
> used in a pure GPL host program.
> 
> -Jason
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