Kaixo! On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 08:37:45PM +0900, Tomohiro KUBOTA wrote:
> > > Robert Brady's patch to be merged into the xterm. One is license > > > problem; Robert's patch contains FriBidi code which is LGPL. > > > > So? > > > > There is no problem at all to link against a LGPL library. > > In GNU/Linux *all* of XFree86 is linked with LGPL libraries. > > THe libc and libm ones, namely. > > I mean, not *link*, but Robert's patch *contains* LGPL code. That is a problem then. > And, even if Robert's patch will be rewrited not to *contain* > fribidi but to *link* fribidi, do you think it is a good idea > for XFree86 distribution to need FriBidi to be compiled? What could be done is to modifiy it so it links with fribidi if it is available; and if it is not, well, then bidi support is not built. So people that want/need bidi support can just install the fribidi library; and the code can still be under a licence compatible with the inclusion in XFree86 sources. Fribidi won't be *needed* but optional, giving extra features if present. Isn't that the way the freetype lib is used too? (you still can compile XFree86 withotu freetype support, isn't it?) -- Ki ça vos våye bén, Pablo Saratxaga http://www.srtxg.easynet.be/ PGP Key available, key ID: 0x8F0E4975 _______________________________________________ I18n mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/i18n
