10 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-archlibregex library| From | Sent On | Attachments |
|---|---|---|
| Ben Mesander | Nov 17, 2004 3:37 pm | |
| Warner Losh | Nov 17, 2004 4:34 pm | |
| Tim Robbins | Nov 18, 2004 12:27 am | |
| Ben Mesander | Nov 18, 2004 8:53 am | |
| Dan Nelson | Nov 18, 2004 9:13 am | |
| David O'Brien | Nov 19, 2004 5:26 pm | |
| Dag-Erling Smørgrav | Nov 21, 2004 4:19 pm | |
| Sean Chittenden | Nov 21, 2004 6:05 pm | |
| M. Warner Losh | Nov 21, 2004 11:03 pm | |
| Tim Robbins | Nov 22, 2004 10:49 am |
| Subject: | libregex library | |
|---|---|---|
| From: | Dag-Erling Smørgrav (de...@des.no) | |
| Date: | Nov 21, 2004 4:19:27 pm | |
| List: | org.freebsd.freebsd-arch | |
Ben Mesander <be...@timing.com> writes:
It's come to my attention that libregex on FreeBSD is GPL'd - not LGPL'd. I think it rather violates the POLA that anything that uses regex_t and is compiled on FreeBSD ends up being covered by the terms of the GPL.
That's why it's called lib*gnu*regex. It is only used by other GPL software in the tree (specifically, cvs, grep and diff)
Has there been any thought given to moving to the modified Henry Spencer regex library used in NetBSD & OpenBSD's libc?
des@dwp ~% head -3 /usr/src/lib/libc/regex/COPYRIGHT Copyright 1992, 1993, 1994 Henry Spencer. All rights reserved. This software is not subject to any license of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company or of the Regents of the University of California.
DES
-- Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav - de...@des.no