[gmpi] Re: Instruments done, moving on to "Plugin Files"

On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 09:37:51PM -0400, Paul Davis wrote:
> >I'm all for rich meta-data. I'm not sure I see how it matters whether the
> >meta-data is embedded in the shared object code and accessed via a
> >function or whether it is stored as a separate text file or any other
> >system.
> 
> if you read what steve wrote, he pointed out that licensing issues
> that affect the shared object code should preferably not affect the
> metadata. ergo - separate files.

I don't buy that.  any developer who is going to make their meta-data
freely licensable is not going to balk at having it licensable in
*whatever* source.

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