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[Fabounet <fabounet03@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Because cairo-dock without cairo-dock-plugin is not cairo-dock?"
exactly, as it is for any program.

making a core and external plugins is a strong architecture, that most of programs try to achieve.
Taking the exemple of Compiz, tey did exactly this thing

Compiz alone is nothing, it's just an interface. Plug-ins load their
functionnality inside this interface, and we get Compiz.

"I think that this function should incorporate it in cairo-dock from beginning."
definitely not !
It's really important do separate the core functions from the rest. It ensures that :
 - a plug-in can be isolated from the rest of the program by not loading it, in case it has a problem.
 - all plug-ins will share the same basic functions
 - you have a clean code.

This is a key point. Again, most of programs do this way. And they are not packaged in 50 pieces. So Cairo-Dock shouldn't be an exception.
Well now if you do that way, it doesn't bother me, as long as there is a way to install all at once.

Now think you are a normal user, not a geek ;-)
You heard about Cairo-dock, you want to try it. So you type sudo-apt-get install cairo-dock.
Then you expect to have something complete, that will work out of the box.
Without plug-ins you'll have something very limited, and the default theme that is charged will not look at all like what you saw in pictures.
For most of users, this would be a pain.

"My ideal is to support both."
Great, then adding a meta package called "cairo-dock" is just a way to solve all the problems at once.
cairo-dock = {cairo-dock-core + cairo-dock-plug-ins}
cairo-dock-plug-ins = {sum of plug-ins}

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The file which there is a problem in copyright
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/540648
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Dock Team, which is the registrant for Cairo-Dock Plug-ins.

Status in Cairo-Dock : Plug-ins: Fix Committed

Bug description:
Hi,

slider/data/preview.jpg has problem in copyright.
This file includes the character of the animated cartoon[0].
This has the issue of copyright and cannot use this freely.

Please remove from archive and repository.

Best regards,
  Nobuhiro

[0]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rei_Ayanami