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Re: libreadline



* Britton <fsblk@aurora.uaf.edu> [020506 22:34]:
> 
> > Getting the license changed seems pretty unlikely. There's "gnutls"
> > which is an SSL library that's being developed under the GPL, which GPL
> > programs can link to. Unfortunately non-GPL programs can't link to it,
> 
> Has anybody asked them to relicense under LGPL?

According to Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>, this is no option:
(http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-dev/2001-May/000120.html)

* Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org> [010523 10:11]:
> No, we won't change libgcrypt to LGPL.
> 
> I know that the reasoning behind LGPLing the basic GNOME libraries.
> However if someone want's to get the benefit of encryption under
> GNOME he should play fair and GPL his software too.  There are ways
> to work around this but I won't give hints on how to do this.
> 
> Changing everything too LGPL would just help to boost proprietary
> software; given that GNOME is part of GNU I don't think that this is
> a good idea.

    Gregor


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