Re: [Tracker] Qeuestin about tracker and GStreamer proprietary plugins

["Adrien Bustany" <abustany gnome org>]

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> GStreamer is LGPL and allow proprietary plug-ins. But tracker is GPL. So
if a tracker use GStreamer to extract meta data for some file format but
a proprietary GStreamer plug-in is involved, this is not allowed, right?
> Thanks
> Amanda
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Hi Amanda,

the fact that GStreamer is LGPL means that you can link it against
proprietary code. The plugin loading is a different mechanism (it is done
at runtime, not compile time).
Tracker being GPL means that if you change Tracker's source code, you have
to make your modifications available. But all Tracker libraries are LGPL,
meaning you can use them from proprietary code.

Cheers

Adrien