Ethereal-dev: [Ethereal-dev] License question: Do dissector plugins automatically inherit GPL?

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From: "Lars Ruoff" <Lars.Ruoff@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 16:43:52 +0200
Hi, a license question:
Can i distribute an Ethereal dissector plugin outside the realm of the GPL?
I.e. when distributing a compiled external dissector plugin (for example
Win32 DLL, apart from the Ethereal executable), do i have to provide the
source code also?

thanks for info,
Lars