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The readme specifies that the framework must be GPL so that the plugin can use the code freely. However a plugin could use code licensed under a GPL compatible license such as MIT, just not vice-versa.
I've got a few light-weight framework-ish type tools for developers that are more like libraries than frameworks, meant to be included in your own code: