Hi, >> I think several Schemes already have a dynamic FFI with a C parser. >> Bigloo has one (info "(bigloo) Automatic extern clauses generation"), >> and it’s GPL’d code, which we could reuse. Larceny has something too. > > Oh, great. Can Guile reuse GPL'd code, though, since it is LGPL?
We could have GPL modules, though that would be a case-by-case decision. In this case it may be a bad idea; OTOH it could be argued that the C parser is invoked only a compile-time, and thus users don’t have to be GPL too, just like applications compiled with GCC don’t have to be GPL. But, hmm, that’s tricky. ;-) > I see that Larceny is licensed under the LGPL, but the copyright is > probably not assigned to the FSF. Would reusing that be possible? Yes, if there are good reasons to do so. There are several modules in Guile with non-FSF copyright. > Just to be clear about the overall idea, what I'd like to do is to > work on new features with as many people as possible, and to duplicate > as little code as possible, because I think this would lead to more > cool things made with Scheme, which would ultimately be better for all > of us who like using the language. So that is why I would like to work > with other Schemes on things like the C parser. Some people have been building software on top of R6RS with portability in mind, like Andreas (hi!). That’s another way to share efforts with others. Thanks, Ludo’.
