David.Comay at sun.com wrote: >> Are there any downsides to placing readline in /usr/sfw until the GPL >> guidelines are ironed out? >> > > No new components should be placed under /usr/sfw under any > circumstances. > > However since readline is a GNU component as defined by > > http://directory.fsf.org/GNU/ > > it's eligible to be placed under /usr/gnu/lib. I you sure?
Last I heard from legal was that GPL couldn't be in any library on Solaris. Hopefully they are working on a better answer, but I haven't seen one yet (if you have, please let me know). The directory is irrelevant (as far a I know). - jek3
