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Re: plugins vs. licensing

From: Robert Dewar <dewar at adacore dot com>
To: Joe Buck <Joe dot Buck at synopsys dot COM>
Cc: Joern Rennecke <joernr at arc dot com>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:23:13 -0400
Subject: Re: plugins vs. licensing
References: <20080929135426.GB16357@elsdt-razorfish.arc.com> <20080929160833.GA19195@synopsys.com>

Joe Buck wrote:

On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 02:54:26PM +0100, Joern Rennecke wrote:
Couldn't the plugin interface require a copyrighted passphrase to be
sent by the plugin when it registeres, and the passphrase can then
be licensed under the GPL.
Please, let's stop this.


Actually the above is a technical question, and the answer is
yes, it would be possible to have the plugin interface require
a copyrighted passphrase from a purely technical point of view,
but this is GPL'ed code, so presymabvly this could be removed.

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