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Re: Another RFC: regex in libiberty
- To: ian at zembu dot com
- Subject: Re: Another RFC: regex in libiberty
- From: DJ Delorie <dj at delorie dot com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 21:34:23 -0400
- CC: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, gdb at sources dot redhat dot com, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com, cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com
- References: <200106080127.VAA01308@greed.delorie.com> <si1yovn4f7.fsf@daffy.airs.com>
> gdb already ships with gnu-regex.c. Why not just move that to
> libiberty?
Because gdb, tcl, expect, cygwin, and gcc each have a copy of regex,
and they're all different. Which to choose?
> I can't see any reason for a BSD-licensed regex in libiberty.
> libiberty already GPL code.
Any regex added to libiberty becomes part of newlib and cygwin as
well, and those projects are sensitive to GPL vs non-GPL licensing
issues.