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

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From: LEGO <luis.ontanon@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 17:10:56 +0200
>From http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLModuleLicense 


If I add a module to a GPL-covered program, do I have to use the GPL
as the license for my module?
    The GPL says that the whole combined program has to be released
under the GPL. So your module has to be available for use under the
GPL.

    But you can give additional permission for the use of your code.
You can, if you wish, release your program under a license which is
more lax than the GPL but compatible with the GPL. The license list
page gives a partial list of GPL-compatible licenses.


On 5/2/05, Lars Ruoff <Lars.Ruoff@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
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