[Uim] License question

[Jeroen Ruigrok/asmodai]

-On [20050718 13:53], TOKUNAGA Hiroyuki (tkng at xem.jp) wrote:
>Because uim is a library, most case it is linked from applications.
>Most of the uim are BSDL, but some parts of the uim are GPL because
>they are derived from applications/libraries licensed under GPL.

Mmm, means it will virally infect the entire program.

What parts are GPL and why not rewrite it?

I prefer BSDL myself, but I never mind working with GPL.  I just think for a
project keeping a single license makes it easiest.

>But, I have a question. GPL part in the uim are data from GPL
>applications. For example, pinyin table is derived from Emacs. They are
>not program. Maybe we need not to apply GPL to such data.

Reworking those tables and such should be easy. :)

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