On Sat Dec 29 05:31:39 EST 2012, [email protected] wrote: > > is there a reason that libbzip2.a is created when > >> the bzip2 utilities are built but not copied to /$objtype/lib? > > ... > > the question i have is, why isn't bzip2 part of libflate? > > /sys/src/cmd/bzip2/LICENSE might offer a clue.
it appears to be a reworked four-clause bsd license. (drop notice on binary distribution; add notice of alteration.) wikipedia claims that bzip2 is open source. maybe i'm missing something, but i don't see the problem with the license. is there something specific you see? - erik
