On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 9:12 PM, Victor Lazzarini <[email protected]> wrote: > The plugin is just a Free software plugin, that is GPL, distributed in > binary form and source code etc. It is written as a plugin, so it can be > used by any host of the same API. The host will load this plugin instead of > the proprietary non-free plugin that it replaces. The plugin is made > available separately, but is also bundled with the host, which loads it > automatically.
I would be uneasy about that last bit -- the fact that the host treats this plugin differently from others. I think we're deep within a genuine grey area here (an area that is both completely untested and in which people's opinions differ) but I could well imagine an argument being made on the basis of the interdependence of plugin and host. > My reasons for asking this are that I was asked to write such a plugin and > i) I don't normally do proprietary software; ii) I don't like to reinvent > the wheel. If I can't provide a free solution, I may as well not take the > job. If I were in this position, I think I would not feel comfortable providing a GPL plugin. That's probably about all I can say though, and one person's ill-supported opinion probably isn't of much use. Chris _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
