Branden Robinson wrote: > Well, I can see an easy way around this: > > Don't ship Vim such that it tries to link against the gpm library by > default. This would be wrong anyway since Vim is not GPL'ed, and this > would encourage people to violate the license on the GPM library.
That's not necessary if the Vim license is GPL compatible, which I think it (almost) is now. > Debian can write a very small patch that enables linking with libgpm, > and Debian can license that patch under the GNU GPL. Don't like using this kind of tricks. -- [The rest of the ARMY stand around looking at a loss.] INSPECTOR END OF FILM: (picks up megaphone) All right! Clear off! Go on! "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" PYTHON (MONTY) PICTURES LTD /// 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 ///