Re: master 3d38d1d: Add sqlite3 support to Emacs

[Po Lu]

Alexandre Garreau <galex-713@galex-713.eu> writes:

> Le sabato, 11-a de decembro 2021, 10-a horo kaj 20:44 CET Po Lu a écrit :
>> 
>> 
>> > Would you like to prepare a patch to that effect, please?
>> 
>> I would be willing to, but only if someone from a higher authority says
>> it's necessary, and provides some details: for instance, should the
>> symbol be named `plugin_is_GPL_compatible', or something like
>> `plugin_is_free_software' (as SQLite3 is public domain instead of under
>> the GPL).

> It should reuse what gcc does to load its plugins.  GCC asks for a such 
> symbol to check the plugins are GPLv3-compatible.

That is because GCC is licensed under the GPLv3.  Ditto for Emacs, which
checks for the same symbol before loading a dynamic module.

The question here is what to do with SQLite plugins, which are specific
to SQLite and not Emacs, and are not legally required to be
GPLv3-compatible.