>>>>> On Tue, 22 Feb 2011, Mike Frysinger wrote: >> sci-visualization/gnuplot[pdf] is currently linking against pdflib. >> I'm going to remove that dependency, because in my understanding, >> clause 2.1 of the PDFLite license does not allow such linking. (It >> allows it for programs under an OSI approved license. However, the >> gnuplot license is free, but not OSI approved.)
> that might disallow it for binaries, but it doesnt disallow it from > being used in ebuilds. same situation as binary kernel drivers -- > make it the end user's problem. Why should we impose such trouble on our users, when there's a (IMHO superior) replacement? Build gnuplot with USE="cairo" and you can get PDF output with the "pdfcairo" terminal. Even with proper utf-8 support, which was always broken with pdflib. Ulrich
