On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Peter Kasting <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Evan Martin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> For the task manager we want to show CPU usage. Here's a summary of >> options. >> >> 1) Use libgtop, which was designed for this. But nixed because it's >> GPL, explicitly to prevent apps like us from using it. Bummer. > > Ship a small, completely separate executable, whose source is GPL, which > wraps libgtop and can give you useful data, and then call out to that > executable? > (I know this would make Stallman gnash his teeth, but I consider that to be > a point in its favor)
While within the law, I'd prefer to respect the spirit of the author's intention. Apparently it used to be LGPL and then switched: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-list/1999-February/msg01707.html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Developers mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
