[vtk-developers] Can we add gl2ps to Utilities?

Prabhu Ramachandran prabhu at aero.iitm.ernet.in
Fri Oct 10 13:05:50 EDT 2003


>>>>> "MM" == Mathieu Malaterre <Mathieu.Malaterre at creatis.insa-lyon.fr> writes:

[snip]
    >> about.  I would think adding a gl2ps directory to Utilities
    >> (like the other useful stuff already there) would be very
    >> convenient and VTK users will have gl2ps support by default
    >> when they build VTK.

    MM> My understanding is that this lib has been growing rather fast
    MM> this last few months. Whereas the lib in Utilities are IMHO
    MM> more stable. If you decide to merge it into the VTK tree, who
    MM> will be in charge of maintaining it ?

Me, unless someone else would like to take it up.  :)

    MM> BTW, I am still not confortable with this license issue. I
    MM> haven't been able to find a document that explain which
    MM> license can be use with another one...

Yeah its quite tricky dealing with the LGPL.  However from my
understanding its not a big issue distributing gl2ps as part of VTK so
long as no one changes the gl2ps code directly and only uses it via
the gl2ps header.

cheers,
prabhu



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