Re: XCF loader for gdk-pixbuf

[Havoc Pennington]

Federico Mena Quintero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: 
> However, there is the issue of licensing.  Gdk-pixbuf is released
> under the LGPL, and the XCF loader uses big chunks of GPLed code from
> the GIMP.  I am not sure what is the best way to proceed.
> 

Well, there are not many options.

 a) You find all the authors of that GPL code and get the license
   changed (avoiding this mess is the advantage of copyright
   assignment...)

 b) You don't include the code in gdk-pixbuf
 
 c) You do a clean-room reimplementation of the code

Havoc