[LAD] GPL and plugins

[Chris Cannam]

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 3:10 AM, Paul Davis <paul at linuxaudiosystems.com> wrote:
> i think, in fact, i ADAMANTLY
> believe that run-time linking of an object module as a result of
> explicit user action (i.e. not part of the predestined lifetime of the
> process) is semantically distinct from dynamic linking. put another
> way, if you cannot look at the executable and determine that it will
> link a particular object module during its lifetime, it is very, very
> hard for me to see how the plugin can be considered a derivative work
> of the host (assuming the APIs are not host specific etc etc etc).

Exactly my view as well.


Chris