Re: nessus-libraries
On Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 06:32:32AM -0700, James Morrison wrote:
> 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.
Thanks,
Marcus
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