> > Well, I should have checked this first, but nessus-libraries are > > distributed > > under the LGPL so it should be ok to link to link to inetutils, but I > > don't > > think I can copy code without needing the license changed. > > Actually, linking and copying are the same what the GPL cares for. > So, no, copying is not ok. As this is a piece of code commonly needed for > the Hurd to port apps, I will see what I can do about it. However, you can > ask Robert to put his impl in the public domain, and use that. I have placed the implementation that I was using for ppp under the public domain, you can find it at: ftp://walfield.org/pub/people/neal/xgethostname/xgethostname-latest.tar.gz
Attachment:
pgpixb4rP8EEc.pgp
Description: PGP signature