On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 03:00:53PM +0200, Jiri Kastner wrote:
> on the other hand, plugin based openocd, which should load non-free
> library for debugging targets, is nice idea.

Not in my book. That will increase complexity considerably, would
require some stable API for those plugins, will motivate vendors to
ship proprietary shit (as does Microsemi, violating GPL!) instead of
properly contributing upstream. Lose-lose in every aspect.

> something like drivers in kernel

Many kernel subsystems export useful symbols for GPL drivers only, and
also any code specifically designed to run as a Linux kernel module is
derived from the kernel and so must be GPL anyway.

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