Hi Joerg, Joerg Mayer wrote: > Samba's svn has made the switch from GPLv2 to GPLv3. While I don't see > any problem in including a GPLv3 tool (pidl) into the Wireshark repository > I have a question regarding the license of the generated dissectors. So > far the generated dissectors don't contain a license statement (nor a > copyright statement), nor does the README accompanying the tool. So my > question is: Can we still use the pidl tool from Samba to generate > source files for Wireshark? The generated dissectors are yours to license, just like the output of any other compiler. However, since the generated code uses wireshark utility functions a lot, the only practical license would be a license compatible with the wireshark license.
If you like, I think we can add a clarification to the pidl output files stating that we do not consider them derived works of pidl. Cheers, Jelmer -- Jelmer Vernooij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://samba.org/~jelmer/ Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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