On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 01:22:10AM -0500, John Cowan wrote: > felix winkelmann scripsit: > > On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Marc Feeley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I'm glad you decided to use the red-black tree implementation from Snow. > > > As > > > you know this code was originally written by the MIT-Scheme team and I > > > made > > > some important changes to improve the efficiency. Please maintain the > > > copyright notice and comments at the top of the code which explain all of > > > Also note that the code has an LGPL license. > > > > Ugh. Sorry, not compatible. > > Sure it's compatible. LGPL code can be used as part of a larger work > under any license: it is not viral.
People who choose Chicken for its license will now not be able to do so, since it includes code with a different license. I hate license wars, but having one clear license in one body of code is important, whatever that license is (be it GPL or BSD). Cheers, Peter -- http://sjamaan.ath.cx -- "The process of preparing programs for a digital computer is especially attractive, not only because it can be economically and scientifically rewarding, but also because it can be an aesthetic experience much like composing poetry or music." -- Donald Knuth
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