java - Program With Plugins: GPL With LGPL? -


i have 2 distinct projects:

  1. the program want release under gpl license.
  2. 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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