From owner-freebsd-ports Thu Sep 2 18:58:16 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9177F156BC; Thu, 2 Sep 1999 18:57:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chuckr@picnic.mat.net) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost) by picnic.mat.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA19607; Thu, 2 Sep 1999 21:56:48 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from chuckr@picnic.mat.net) Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 21:56:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey To: Kris Kennaway Cc: brooks@one-eyed-alien.net, FreeBSD Ports Team Subject: Re: ports/13552: The gnuplot doesn't build with GIF support enabled In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Chuck Robey wrote: > > > I'll be fixing this, this weekend, using the method that's > > (unfortunately) the one the the gnuplot authors want: I'll be making a > > port of the old 1.4 version of the gd stuff, with clear notes to folks > > NOT to update this, and I'll rename the lib to libgdold. I'll then set > > up gnuplot to link to libgdold, and then we'll all be cracking. > > Wouldn't that be illegal - the reason the gd port shifted to png was > because the previous version was cited for patent infringement. In other > words, we shouldn't distribute it either. It is NOT illegal, and it IS the method that the gnuplot authors themselves suggest. I like gnuplot, and gif is too popular an output method for experienced gnuplot users, to just reject. The patent thing was the reason that the _gd_ authors moved, NOT the reason that gnuplot moved (gnuplot still supports the gif terminal, it just still expects libgd to do it for them). You seem to have been doing some misreading, because this is very clear, if you take a look at the READMEs at the gd and the gnuplot sites. > > Kris > > ---------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@picnic.mat.net | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | picnic.mat.net: FreeBSD/i386 (301) 220-2114 | jaunt.mat.net : FreeBSD/Alpha ---------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message