[mythtv] Plugins license

[Josh Lefler]

Ivan, IANAL, but MythTV itself is released under the GPL. Since it isn't 
possible to use GPLed code in a project that is not GPL. releasing a 
plugin under another license would at least require reimplementing large 
parts of MythTV that plugins depend on and at worst be impossible 
without rewriting MythTV itself.

For example. plugins must link to certain mythTV components to receive 
input notifications, to use Myth's database utilities, etc. If your 
component is not GPL, it would have to reimplement each of these 
libraries independently. It wouldn't so much be a plugin as a separate 
program that happens to be called from a menu item.

Again, I am not an expert in this field but these are some issues I'd 
look into very carefully before releasing a plugin under another 
license. May I ask what license you are considering using?

Josh Lefler
Lefler, Inc.
Phone: 314-754-8719
Toll-Free: 877-242-8558
Website: www.leflerinc.com



Ivan Perez wrote:
> Hi there.
>
> As far as I know, every Mythtv Plugin is under GPL2, just like Mythtv.
> Can I write and distribute a plugin under a different license?
>
>
> Cheers,
> Ivan.
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