A few comments - how does a plugin become derivative under the law?

[Stephen Eilert]

Here comes this Skype plugin thing again.

I've got an (possibly dumb) idea. Since it is a Pidgin plugin and
there's no VV yet, I'll assume that it's text-only. So, instead of
coding a Pidgin plugin that links to Skype, why not create a Jabber
server? That is, this server would talk to Skype and forward messages
back and forth. Pidgin would only have to connect to it using the
standard Jabber protocol.

Also, Pidgin would not even be a requirement, any Jabber client would
do. So, there would be two different and independent applications,
able to exist and function on their own. This does not appear to
violate the GPL.


Stephen

On 10/26/07, Colin Barrett <timber at lava.net> wrote:
> On Oct 26, 2007, at 12:21 AM, Sean Egan wrote:
>
> > Using software
> > written against the wishes of its authors, while potentially legal via
> > licensing loophole, is still kinda rude.
>
> I think this is the most important takeaway from this entire thread.
>
> The answer to the quesiton: "Can i distribute my Skype plugin?" is
> "Please don't."
>
> -Colin
>
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