java - Program With Plugins: GPL With LGPL? -
i have 2 distinct projects:
- the program want release under gpl license.
- the plugin api: plugins written using interfaces in api, , program uses api communicate plugins. want release plugin api lgpl license.
one problem not want plugins have reveal source. "infected" gpl license? compiled against api, , wouldn't need source program compile.
another problem there's talk of "static-linking" lgpl: program , api written in java. matter?
anyway, basic question: make sense release program gpl, , public api lgpl?
if writing application scratch, can license want. if want make exception gpl plugins, there precedent. gpl linking exception (such classpath exception) you're looking for.
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