Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 17:24:41 -0400 (EDT) From: mi@aldan.algebra.com To: bostic@sleepycat.com Cc: current@FreeBSD.org, msmith@FreeBSD.org, wes@softweyr.com Subject: Re: nvi maintainer? Message-ID: <200107092124.f69LOg014943@misha.privatelabs.com> In-Reply-To: <200107092102.f69L2nI27304@abyssinian.sleepycat.com>
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[moved to -current] On 9 Jul, Keith Bostic wrote: >> From: mi@aldan.algebra.com >> >> Mmm, so there will be a library in /usr/lib, which a commercial >> application will not be able to link against? No thanks, I'd rather >> take gdbm and their LGPL... > > Just to be clear -- they could link against it using the same, > standard functionality that FreeBSD uses. They couldn't link against > it and use all the additional features/functionality. So we'll have to document, which functions it is Ok to call and which arguments/flags can and can not be passed to them. Brrrgh... > My guess is that your answer remains the same -- and, that's cool, I'm > used to losing this argument, I do so about twice a year. :-) Just > wanted to be clear. Well, can someone comment on the useability of gdbm? I know, it has dbm and ndbm compatibility "mode" and a less restrictive license. Should we switch over to it? -mi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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