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C64 Plugin
Chronon:
Well, there are other licenses that permit redistribution and modification that are not GPL compatible. So sharing such code isn't intrinsically prohibited. It seems to me that the problem arises when you try to make a Rockbox plugin out of such code, since you have to utilize the Rockbox plugin API (GPLed) with non-GPL-compatible code, thereby creating a legal problem.
(I am halfway talking out loud to reason through why non-GPL code shouldn't go into the tracker at all, regardless of whether the code itself can be redistributed. I am not claiming that the code from either of those projects can actually be redistributed, either.)
Llorean:
It's a Rockbox plugin, right? It includes part of Rockbox by being a Rockbox plugin, so distribution needs to be in a GPL compatible manner.
jcompton:
Sigh. I guess some people are allowed to talk about licensing on this thread and some aren't.
Well, there's the VICE core, which is presumably more resource-hungry than Frodo based on what it gets ported to.
(And is GPL, license police.)
Llorean:
Constructive talk about licenses (such as how he can manage to get his code compatible) are welcome. Simply complaints about the license itself should be addressed to the writers of the license, or if you wish to complain about its use for Rockbox, in a thread dedicated to that purpose. Neither of those would be on-topic in this thread, which as I explained is why your post here was removed.
You're allowed to talk about licenses, provided you keep it on-topic to the actual thread (IE: About this specific plugin, and how its licensing can work).
saratoga:
--- Quote from: jcompton on October 14, 2008, 03:43:20 PM ---Sigh. I guess some people are allowed to talk about licensing on this thread and some aren't.
--- End quote ---
I looked at your deleted post, and its basically just some irrelevant whining that has nothing to do with the rest of the thread, so you don't get to take the moral high ground here. Your white noise posting didn't "talk about licensing" (or really anything anyone could conceivably ever care about) in any meaningful sense, so of course it doesn't belong here.
If you want to complain, I suggest getting a blog.
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