From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: linas@linas.org (Linas Vepstas) Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.user Subject: Re: Packaging a guile-enabled binary Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 09:40:24 -0500 Sender: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <20040503144024.GA31268@backlot.linas.org> References: <20040502225824.96251.qmail@web14308.mail.yahoo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1083599868 3852 80.91.224.253 (3 May 2004 15:57:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 15:57:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-user@gnu.org Original-X-From: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon May 03 17:57:38 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BKfp4-0005IQ-00 for ; Mon, 03 May 2004 17:57:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BKfJ5-0001Mb-91 for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 May 2004 11:24:35 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BKeuV-0003dY-2t for guile-user@gnu.org; Mon, 03 May 2004 10:59:11 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BKecM-0006ke-0J for guile-user@gnu.org; Mon, 03 May 2004 10:40:57 -0400 Original-Received: from [67.100.217.179] (helo=backlot.linas.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BKecL-0006k3-Jz for guile-user@gnu.org; Mon, 03 May 2004 10:40:25 -0400 Original-Received: by backlot.linas.org (Postfix, from userid 500) id 68B281BE21; Mon, 3 May 2004 09:40:24 -0500 (CDT) Original-To: spikegran@earthlink.net Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040502225824.96251.qmail@web14308.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-BeenThere: guile-user@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: General Guile related discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.user:3149 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.user:3149 On Sun, May 02, 2004 at 03:58:24PM -0700, Mike Gran was heard to remark: > > FWIW, it is legit to use Guile in non-free software. From the README > of 1.6.4: "The license of Guile consists of the GNU GPL plus a special > statement giving blanket permission to link with non-free software." > > So, any patches to Guile itself are to be released according to the > GPL. But one could deliver a proprietary, precompiled program that > dynamically links to Guile without violating the licence. So what's the difference between that and LGPL? If so, then why isn't guile under LGPL? --linas -- pub 1024D/01045933 2001-02-01 Linas Vepstas (Labas!) PGP Key fingerprint = 8305 2521 6000 0B5E 8984 3F54 64A9 9A82 0104 5933 _______________________________________________ Guile-user mailing list Guile-user@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-user