[Bug 227570] Review Request: calc - Arbitrary precision arithmetic system and calculator

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Summary: Review Request: calc - Arbitrary precision arithmetic system and calculator


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=227570





------- Additional Comments From rc040203 at freenet.de  2007-02-08 07:52 EST -------
(In reply to comment #5)
> Oh, wait, no coffee yet this morning. The LGPL allows conversion to GPL, so
> technically I can do that without any upstream input.
Yes, AFAICT, _YOU_ could re-licence/re-publish the whole package under the GPL
(With all implications of it - You'd be the upstream, shipping a derived product).

Yet another solution would be not to link against readline.

> Further, it's probable that the calc library itself could remain under the gpl
> with just the calc command-line binary converted -- the best of both worlds.
> Because probably online the command-line util actually links against readline.
One would have to check the sources for details - Unfortunately this package
applies a pretty ugly and not easy to understand build/make-system

> (Or am I missing something there?)
I don't think so.

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