> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Kevin Brosius > Sent: 08 December 2003 14:03 > To: E Develop > Subject: Re: [E-devel] patch to make eesh even more obscure > > Peter Kjellerstedt wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > > Behalf Of Robert G. Werner > > > Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 00:49 > > > To: Kim Woelders > > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: [E-devel] patch to make eesh even more obscure > > > > > > Kim Woelders wrote: > > > [snip] > > > I know someone proposed using gettext in eesh and that had to be > > > removed because of GPL issues. Has anyone looked at libedit? > > > Asterisk uses it to get completion and scrollback > > > functionality and If > > > > > I read the license correctly it is BSD compatable? If the > > > license is compatable, I could look at the old gettext > > > patch and try to replicate it with libedit (not that it > > > would work after I was done with it but it might sort of > > > look like c or something). > > > > In a recent mail to the linux kernel list Theodore Ts'o mentioned > > the following "readline (GPL'ed), editline (BSD licensed), or > > libedit (BSD licensed), which all export the same interface." > > So going by that it should be possible to use either editline > > or libedit without needing to make any changes to the eesh > > source. > > > > //Peter > > Well, Theodore seems to believe that his usage is ok[1]. > However, that doesn't make it ok. Seems to me that he > could distribute source and possibly get away with that > stance. However, distro's that try to package his library > may be in trouble[2]. Hard to tell.
However, what Theodore tries to achieve is somewhat different, in that he wants to be able to use either of readline, editline and libedit depending on what is available at runtime. For eesh it would be what is available at link time, and in this case it would only support editline or libedit, and thus be no different from linking to any other BSD licensed library. > -- > Kevin > > [1] http://kevb.net:3000/lurker/message/20031206.153845.d22e268f.html > [2] http://kevb.net:3000/lurker/message/20031206.164737.141191de.html //Peter ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id78&alloc_id371&op=click _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
