<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Hi,</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">So, strongswan is
licensed under GPLv2 </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">What if I develop my
own charon plugin for let's say an IPsec backend?   Is this together with charon
considered a single program and consequently the GPL license follows my plugin?
 Obligating me to distribute the source for the plugin?</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">I know this query on
GPL/plugins is something that comes up frequently in opensource world but I
haven't seen any specific statement in relation to strongswan so would be
grateful for your input.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Thanks,</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Jamie</span></p></div>