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: Packaging a guile-enabled binary Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 23:55:59 +0200 Sender: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87zn7xjxqo.fsf@zagadka.ping.de> References: <20040502225824.96251.qmail@web14308.mail.yahoo.com> <20040503144024.GA31268@backlot.linas.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1085442262 13543 80.91.224.253 (24 May 2004 23:44:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 23:44:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-user@gnu.org, spikegran@earthlink.net Original-X-From: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 25 01:44:09 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 1BSP72-0000Su-00 for ; Tue, 25 May 2004 01:44:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BSNRk-0004qI-IK for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 May 2004 17:57:24 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.34) id 1BSNR0-0004ee-4q for guile-user@gnu.org; Mon, 24 May 2004 17:56:38 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.34) id 1BSNQS-0004Uu-N1 for guile-user@gnu.org; Mon, 24 May 2004 17:56:36 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.253.8.218] (helo=mail.dokom.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BSNQR-0004Un-Sm for guile-user@gnu.org; Mon, 24 May 2004 17:56:04 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.138.44.29] (helo=zagadka.ping.de) by mail.dokom.net with smtp (Exim 3.36 #3) id 1BSNTJ-0004Me-00 for guile-user@gnu.org; Mon, 24 May 2004 23:59:01 +0200 Original-Received: (qmail 14821 invoked by uid 1000); 24 May 2004 21:55:59 -0000 Original-To: linas@linas.org (Linas Vepstas) In-Reply-To: <20040503144024.GA31268@backlot.linas.org> (Linas Vepstas's message of "Mon, 3 May 2004 09:40:24 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) 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:3198 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.user:3198 linas@linas.org (Linas Vepstas) writes: > 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? (As far as I know:) The LGPL has the requirement that the code-using-the-library must be distributed in such a way that the user can modify the LGPL-library and have the code-that-uses-the-library use the modified version of the LGPL-library. The (old) Guile license didn't require this. > If so, then why isn't guile under LGPL? The next version of Guile will be under the GNU LGPL. -- GPG: D5D4E405 - 2F9B BCCC 8527 692A 04E3 331E FAF8 226A D5D4 E405 _______________________________________________ Guile-user mailing list Guile-user@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-user