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

["Lin, Mengdong" <mengdong lin intel com>]

Thank you Adrien.

I don't want to change tracker's and GStreamer's source code, but add a proprietary GStreamer plug-in.
But this plug-in will be loaded by GStreamer at runtime when tracker launches, will this conflict with 
tracker's GPL?

Regards
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