D16 — Decide plugin licensing before the format is published as stable #17

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2026-09-05T16:20:08Z

dtourolle commented

2026-09-05 16:20:08 +00:00

Decision D16 — plugin licensing — is open, and it gates publishing the declarative format as stable.

Why now rather than later

D16 records that GPLv3 answers the derivative-work question differently for each of §3.10's three plugin forms, and that this must be answered before an ecosystem exists, not after: a term introduced later cannot be applied to plugins already written.

D16 explicitly does not block FR-PLG-2, which is why the declarative format could ship. It blocks publishing that format to third parties as a stable interface.

What closes this

A decision recorded in requirements.md, covering each of the three plugin forms separately. Not code.

**Decision D16 — plugin licensing — is open**, and it gates publishing the declarative format as stable. ## Why now rather than later D16 records that GPLv3 answers the derivative-work question **differently for each of §3.10's three plugin forms**, and that this must be answered *before* an ecosystem exists, not after: a term introduced later cannot be applied to plugins already written. D16 explicitly does **not** block FR-PLG-2, which is why the declarative format could ship. It blocks publishing that format to third parties as a stable interface. ## What closes this A decision recorded in `requirements.md`, covering each of the three plugin forms separately. Not code. ## Related - #15 — the §3.10 / §7 contradiction, which should probably be settled in the same sitting. - #16 — the plugin host, blocked on both. See `docs/outstanding.md` §1.

dtourolle added the size:S plugins decision labels 2026-09-05 16:20:08 +00:00

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2026-09-05 16:20:49 +00:00

§3.10 vs §7 — the register says the plugin API is both deferred and specified #15

dtourolle commented

2026-09-05 16:20:49 +00:00

Blocks #16, for publishing the format as stable. Does not block FR-PLG-2, which is why the declarative format could ship.
Settle alongside #15.

**Blocks** #16, for publishing the format as stable. Does **not** block FR-PLG-2, which is why the declarative format could ship. **Settle alongside** #15.

dtourolle added the post-v1 label 2026-09-19 10:19:45 +00:00

dtourolle commented

2026-09-19 10:19:46 +00:00

Defers with §3.10 (1da91b7). To be answered before the format is published as stable, which is now a post-v1 event.

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Reference: dtourolle/DarkRoom#17