Re: One unclear point in the Vim license

[tb@becket.net (Thomas Bushnell, BSG)]

Glenn Maynard <g_dlegal@zewt.org> writes:

> I notice Vim in testing links against libgpm, which is GPL (according
> to /usr/doc/libgpmg1/copyright).  Is this a problem, Vim's license being
> GPL-incompatible?  (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html) I'm
> not entirely clear on what can link to GPL libraries and when.

Certainly the current Vim license is GPL-incompatible.  (Even if we
decided it's free after all, it's definitely not ok to link it against
a GPLd library.)