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>>>>> On Tue, 22 Feb 2011, Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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>> sci-visualization/gnuplot[pdf] is currently linking against pdflib. |
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>> I'm going to remove that dependency, because in my understanding, |
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>> clause 2.1 of the PDFLite license does not allow such linking. (It |
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>> allows it for programs under an OSI approved license. However, the |
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>> gnuplot license is free, but not OSI approved.) |
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> that might disallow it for binaries, but it doesnt disallow it from |
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> being used in ebuilds. same situation as binary kernel drivers -- |
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> make it the end user's problem. |
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Why should we impose such trouble on our users, when there's a (IMHO |
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superior) replacement? Build gnuplot with USE="cairo" and you can get |
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PDF output with the "pdfcairo" terminal. Even with proper utf-8 |
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support, which was always broken with pdflib. |
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Ulrich |