Re: gnuplot not license-compatible with GPL software

[Hans-Bernhard B. <br...@ph...>]

On Thu, 29 Jul 2004, Roland Stigge wrote:

[...]
> I find it annoying that through a different license,
> I'm not allowed to link this software with GPL programs, most
> importantly, with GNU readline.

You, me, and a lot of others.  But the holders of the gnuplot copyright
(who are no longer involved in active development, and indeed haven't been
in a *long* time) refuse to switch to GPL.  We've tried a couple times,
and even RMS himself has (allegedly?) tried.  Nothing gave.

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (br...@ph...)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.