From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marius Vollmer Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.user Subject: Re: What if Guile changed its license to be LGPL? Date: 06 Jun 2002 01:31:47 +0200 Sender: guile-user-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <874rghgv4s.fsf@zagadka.ping.de> References: <87elfmu98g.fsf@zagadka.ping.de> <3CFD1EDF.8050403@bothner.com> <873cw2u417.fsf@zagadka.ping.de> <3CFD375D.9080302@bothner.com> <87hekhgwvo.fsf@zagadka.ping.de> <3CFE9A03.2000006@bothner.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1023320248 6110 127.0.0.1 (5 Jun 2002 23:37:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 23:37:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-user@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 17FkLB-0001aO-00 for ; Thu, 06 Jun 2002 01:37:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17FkH2-00075F-00; Wed, 05 Jun 2002 19:33:04 -0400 Original-Received: from dialin.speedway42.dip7.dokom.de ([195.138.42.7] helo=zagadka.ping.de) by fencepost.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17FkFs-0006qi-00 for ; Wed, 05 Jun 2002 19:31:53 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 1132 invoked by uid 1000); 5 Jun 2002 23:31:47 -0000 Original-To: Per Bothner In-Reply-To: <3CFE9A03.2000006@bothner.com> Original-Lines: 16 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Errors-To: guile-user-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: guile-user@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: General Guile related discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.user:550 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.user:550 Per Bothner writes: > > If such a library exists, we are settled and can use GMP > > exclusively, no? Anyone wanting to invoke the exception in > > Guile's license can use the unrestricted substitute-GMP, right? > > However, the alternative implementation is probably not something > the FSF wants to promote or even mention. Heh, but they would consider letting anyone use GMP indirectly without honoring the LGPL? > Again, I suggest you check with RMS and Torbjörn to see what their > positions are on the issue. Yes, will do so tomorrow. _______________________________________________ Guile-user mailing list Guile-user@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-user