[sldev] Re: Plugin architecture

[Jason Giglio]

Rob Lanphier wrote:
> On 3/3/07 6:04 PM, Jason Giglio wrote:
>> Not really.  The SL Viewer is GPL+FLOSS stuff.  That means the SL
>> Viewer is not GPL compatible, and can't be linked with GPL code.
> That's not true.  The SL Viewer code published under GPL+FLOSS exception
> is GPL compatible.  However, using it in conjunction with straight-up
> GPL software means that you essentially can't take advantage of the
> FLOSS exception anymore, so you no longer get to link against code
> licensed under the Apache 2.0 license, for example, since that license
> is not GPL compatible.
> 
> Our FLOSS exception is very similar to the FLOSS exception granted by MySQL.

It still can't be linked with GPL code as it stands today.  It is 
therefore currently GPL incompatible.  If someone makes a "clean" 
version that doesn't require a FLOSS exception, then it would be GPL 
compatible.

-Jason