On Fri, Apr 20, 2001, Robert Collins wrote:
> I think now is a good time to raise this topic.
>
> One of the concerns I have with getting run-time modules going, is that
> corporations may release binary only modules. Thats something I don't
> want to see happen. I'm driving the run-time loading to allow easy
> inplace upgrades, and more flexible configs, not to reduce the GPLness
> of squid.
>
> Is there any mechanism that can be put in place to ensure that all
> libraries/modules that squid can load will have to be GPL'd as well?
<flame>
This hasn't stopped people in the past..
</flame>
Seriously though, does it matter? If companies start releasing
binary-only modules for squid, I'll be flattered. And since I bet
they'll need to fix up some internal bit of squid to get a little
more performance or flexibility, the GPLness is still there.
Adrian
-- Adrian Chadd "Two hundred and thirty-three thousand <adrian@creative.net.au> times the speed of light. Dear holy fucking shit."Received on Fri Apr 20 2001 - 00:46:49 MDT
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