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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] bzip2
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 09:02:42 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <cafe98067a0a7d428f0d6fe17cd78ee3@kw.quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f69e849fadb0759de9ac751f150b6b01@hamnavoe.com>

On Sat Dec 29 05:31:39 EST 2012, 9fans@hamnavoe.com wrote:
> > is there a reason that libbzip2.a is created when
> >> the bzip2 utilities are built but not copied to /$objtype/lib?
> > ...
> > the question i have is, why isn't bzip2 part of libflate?
>
> /sys/src/cmd/bzip2/LICENSE might offer a clue.

it appears to be a reworked four-clause bsd license.  (drop
notice on binary distribution; add notice of alteration.)

wikipedia claims that bzip2 is open source.

maybe i'm missing something, but i don't see the problem
with the license.  is there something specific you see?

- erik



  reply	other threads:[~2012-12-29 14:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-12-29  2:44 Jeff Sickel
2012-12-29  3:01 ` erik quanstrom
2012-12-29 10:30   ` Richard Miller
2012-12-29 14:02     ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2012-12-29 14:31       ` Richard Miller

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