Forwarded message: > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Dec 27 23:18:53 1999 > Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 18:18:37 -0500 > From: damaged justice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Lynx List Elves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Akinori Ito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: listelves Lynx/w3m cohabitation/licensing issues > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4us > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Precedence: bulk > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > I've been unable to determine from browsing the list archives precisely > what prevents w3m code from being folded into Lynx. I downloaded and > checked the latest w3m sources dated December 3rd, but could find no > licensing information in either the documentation or the source itself. > The freshmeat comments explain well from a technical standpoint why, > say, links isn't merged, but the excellent table/frame support in w3m > seems like an excellent option to make available in Lynx either at > compile-time, or even toggleable from within Lynx a la Tag Soup/SGML > parsing. I'd like to know whether this presents a challenge more in a > technical sense or the licensing issues, for it certainly makes a huge > difference depending on the legal status of the w3m code. > > (I have CC'd this to the author of w3m in the hopes of some clarification > on these matters straight from the source, as it were.) > > -dj > > -- > I let go of the law, and people become honest / I let go of economics, and > people become prosperous / I let go of religion, and people become serene / > I let go of all desire for the common good, and the good becomes common as > grass. .oOo. [Tao Te Ching, Chapter 57, Stephen Mitchell translation] -- Thomas E. Dickey [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey
