Re: GNUPLOT breaks GPL
>>>>> "eb" == Edward Betts <edward@hairnet.demon.co.uk> writes:
>>>>> "gm" == Gergely Madarasz <gorgo@caesar.elte.hu> writes:
>>>>> "jt" == James Troup <J.J.Troup@scm.brad.ac.uk> writes:
eb> GNUPLOT is not GPL, so it can not be linked with
eb> libreadline. I am I right or drastically mistaken. (I must
eb> point out that while I am running a partly hamm system, my
eb> gnuplot is still from bo.)
i'm gnuplot's debian maintainer. there were two opposite opinions
about gnuplot's linking to libreadline. after some discussion i've
dropped the gnu libreadline support. so gnuplot doesn't link to
libreadline anymore. james troup has already pointed that out.
[ anyhow, gnuplot's internal readline facility is pretty nice as well
so the gnuplot hasn't lost much of its performance by leaving out the
gnu readline library. ]
jt> And BTW, gnuplot doesn't break anything. We would be
jt> violating the GNU GPL by distributing a gnuplot linked with
jt> readline but gnuplot is not per se breaking the GNU GPL.
i think you are right.
gm> Now that I read it again... it says this just about the
gm> code... but I could not find anything there about distributing
gm> modified binaries... It is not explicitly allowed... so is it
gm> allowed at all ?
i've also used some "official" patches and have checked this procedure
with the upstream gnuplot community before the freeze. they agreed
and were even willing to send more recent "official" patches so that
the debian gnuplot freeze version would be as stable as possible :-).
i think we are allowed to distribute the gnuplot binary.
cheers
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