Argent Stonecutter wrote:
> If the plugin links to a GPLed program then it has to be covered by  
> the GPL. A plugin using an arms-length scheme like the proxy scheme I  
> proposed some time back wouldn't be a problem, but I can't see how you  
> could implement a plugin that does something like rendering content  
> onto a prim with that kind of interface.
>   

The media plugin uses shared memory + a socket stream for discrete 
events like raw mouse/keyboard i/o.


Reading and writing into the same address shouldn't count as "linking" 
else any app that used hardware mapped memory would be verbotten. E.g. 
anything using a graphics card or a print buffer.


Lawson



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