----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeroen Dekkers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 10:02 PM Subject: Re: [plex86] new subject (we all agree the list sucks)
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 04:56:01PM -0400, Eric Laberge wrote: > > If I recall, LGPL was chosen to allow 3rd companies to write custom or > > proprietary plugins for Plex86, or to do internal device/driver > > development. It is one of the strength of open emulation/virtualisation. > > > > By forcing these people to comply with the GPL, which wouldn't allow > > linking these proprietary plugins, we'd loose a major market share which > > could be quite helpful for new development. > > But what's more useful: Some GPL'd code we can use or those non-free > modules? We can grant exceptions to the licence to permit certain modules, and in other cases retain GPL restricitions and conditions. Sam
