Glenn Maynard wrote: > On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 03:25:06PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > > I notice Vim in testing links against libgpm, which is GPL (according > > > to /usr/doc/libgpmg1/copyright). Is this a problem, Vim's license being > > > GPL-incompatible? (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html) I'm > > > not entirely clear on what can link to GPL libraries and when. > > > > Certainly the current Vim license is GPL-incompatible. (Even if we > > decided it's free after all, it's definitely not ok to link it against > > a GPLd library.) > > Alright, I'll file this. Bram, you might want to check out any other > libraries Vim optionally links agaist. (This is another, completely > different reason to make your license GPL-compatible.)
I don't think that is my task. Perhaps it's just a problem for you, since you do the compiling. Anyway, I can't see how the GPL intentionally forbids compiling a library with it. That wouldn't be "free". And you probably have the sources for the library available somewhere, so what would be the problem? -- [clop clop] GUARD #1: Halt! Who goes there? ARTHUR: It is I, Arthur, son of Uther Pendragon, from the castle of Camelot. King of the Britons, defeator of the Saxons, sovereign of all England! GUARD #1: Pull the other one! The Quest for the Holy Grail (Monty Python) /// Bram Moolenaar -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.moolenaar.net \\\ ((( Creator of Vim -- http://vim.sf.net -- ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim ))) \\\ Help me helping AIDS orphans in Uganda - http://iccf-holland.org ///