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From: tmoran@acm.org
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Subject: Re: GPL and Plug-INs and XML\Ada
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>be possible then to include GPL'd plug-ins with out the application
>becoming GPL'd?
  Seems to me the app is effectively an OS running a program (the
plug-in) which happens to be GPL'd.  Clearly creating a plug-in with
one license cannot change the terms of the original app's license,
and I presume the GPL is not intended to prevent the creation/distribution
of GPL'd plug-ins.