Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:49:00 +0200 From: Markus Hitter <mah@jump-ing.de> To: Dmitry Marakasov <amdmi3@amdmi3.ru> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: porting software using glibc's getline() Message-ID: <F1CCBC00-DAF4-428E-A45D-517B0BDE141E@jump-ing.de> In-Reply-To: <20070925173404.GA18894@hades.panopticon> References: <20070921162208.GA83826@hades.panopticon> <B9821557-6531-439F-9864-D5EB831BA268@jump-ing.de> <20070925173404.GA18894@hades.panopticon>
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Am 25.09.2007 um 19:34 schrieb Dmitry Marakasov: > Is it OK to place GPL sources into the ports tree? You "infect" the port, then. It doesn't matter if other parts of the ports are already GPL but if this is the only GPL part, everybody using this port's code has to make his use (of the GPL'd part) public. > (it would be silly to make distfile for single 3kb .h file) This is why I recommended replacing getline() usage with something similar. Removing code is better than replacing code is better than adding code. Markus - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dipl. Ing. Markus Hitter http://www.jump-ing.de/
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