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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libdwarf Makefile _libdwarf.h dwarf.h
 dwarf_abbrev.c dwarf_attr.c dwarf_attrval.c dwarf_cu.c dwarf_dealloc.c
 dwarf_die.c dwarf_dump.c dwarf_errmsg.c dwarf_errno.c dwarf_finish.c
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In message: <200805220214.m4M2EYTM061847@repoman.freebsd.org>
            John Birrell <jb@FreeBSD.org> writes:
:   The API for this library is deliberately different to the GPL'd
:   libdwarf to avoid licensing problems.

What licensing problems does it avoid?  APIs can't be copyrighted, and
therefore can't be GPL'd.

Warner