[XviD-devel] Re: nSeeking permission for another controlled interface

[Martin Blom]

On Mon, 5 May 2003, Christoph Lampert wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> linking exception over a controlled interface was a "bug" in our release
> policy, because in the beginning, we interpretet GPL in a wrong way. New
> versions of XVID will not contain it, and there won't be new exceptions.
> 
> Most likely you won't need a linking permission anyway: As in my last mail
> 2 minutes ago, it's not needed to create plugins for proprietary
> applications or to support non-free APIs. GPL allows all this. 
> It's just a question of _distribution_ of non-free derived works based on
> XVID. 

Thank you for the explanation. While I'm not sure I agree on your
interpretation of the GPL, it's your intention that counts. :-)

I just wanted to make sure I don't spend a lot of time in vain.

Keep up the good work.

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