Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 19:26:47 +1100 From: Tim Robbins <tjr@freebsd.org> To: Ben Mesander <ben@timing.com> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: libregex library Message-ID: <1100766407.3475.1.camel@starshine.robbins.dropbear.id.au> In-Reply-To: <16795.57534.19299.407779@piglet.timing.com> References: <16795.57534.19299.407779@piglet.timing.com>
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On Wed, 2004-11-17 at 16:37 -0700, Ben Mesander wrote: > Hi, > > 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. > > Has there been any thought given to moving to the modified Henry > Spencer regex library used in NetBSD & OpenBSD's libc? What do you think src/lib/libc/regex is? Tim
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