glib dependency for the X Server

[Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman)]

On Mon, 3 Apr 2006 14:13:44 -0500 mcnichol at austin.ibm.com babbled:

> 
> > From: Greg Stark <gsstark at mit.edu>
> > 
> > Eric Anholt <eric at anholt.net> writes:
> > 
> > > So, I intend to make the X Server link to glib, and use data structures
> > > from there.  While glib is a new dependency, it's not *that* large (<
> > > 380k on my amd64), it's LGPL (so it doesn't affect the ability to ship
> > > closed X Servers), and probably everybody has it installed already.  
> > 
> > Note that linking with an LGPL library does impose some restrictions that
> > would be fairly onerous for a package like X. For example, a closed X server
> > would have to include linkable objects that would allow a user to relink
> > the X server with an updated version of the LGPL'd library.
> > 
> > I'm generally a big proponent of free software and a defender of the GPL
> > but I think it would be a mistake for a project with an unrestrictive
> > license like the X11 license to start down that path. At least not without
> > a lot of thought on the subject.
> > 
> > Surely there are tons of public domain linked lists and other data
> > structures out there that could be included wholesale and statically linked
> > into X?
> 
> I have to agree with this 100%.
> Please no GPL/LGPL.
> Our lawyers will not allow us to ship it with the AIX operating system.

are you sure?

> Thanks
> Dan McNichol
> IBM Austin, TX
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