Just looking around
Posts: 12 from 2003/10/24
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Who is the one doing ilegal stuff, the one that creates a plugin from GPL software, the author of the browser (Marcik this time) that has a plugin interface, or the user that combines both?.
As I see it, none of them is doing anything illega.
The GPL covers the distribution of the code,
in binary form, and prohibits linking GPL code, dynamically or statically, with non GPL-compatible code.
The key point, however, is
distribution.
If the linking stage happens at the user's end, there's no conflict with the GPL.
And if one's re$ally worried about all that, he can simply distribute the source code and let the user compile the datatype or generic plugin by himself: no binary distribution.
