GNU bug report logs - #26350
Build octave with gl2ps support

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Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: Arun Isaac <arunisaac <at> systemreboot.net>

Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2017 15:44:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 26350 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Arun Isaac <arunisaac <at> systemreboot.net>
Cc: 26350 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#26350: [PATCH 1/2] gnu: Add gl2ps.
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2017 15:19:43 +0200

Arun Isaac <arunisaac <at> systemreboot.net> skribis:

>> +                   (license:non-copyleft "http://www.geuz.org/gl2ps/COPYING.GL2PS")))))
>
> I'm not sure I got this license right. Could someone please check before
> pushing?

This looks like a copyleft license incompatible with the GPL.

However gl2ps.h has an explicit LGPL-compatibility clause, which makes
it usable in Octave:

  https://searchcode.com/file/9513121/tags/R2008-04-29/extra/jhandles/src/gl2ps.h

Ludo’.
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