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Re: PATCH: prompt fun

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From: Zefram <zefram@xxxxxxxx>
To: adam@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: PATCH: prompt fun
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 11:43:57 +0100 (BST)
Cc: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <19991006215809.A12344@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> from Adam Spiers at "Oct 6, 1999 9:58: 9 pm"
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Adam Spiers wrote:
>The website says nothing about copyright or licensing whatsoever.
>freshmeat reckons it's GPLed.  I just mailed the list to ask.

If the code is GPLed, it can't be used in zsh.  The zsh license is
marginally inconsistent with the GPL.  (It has almost the same effect
as the GPL in itself; it's just that the GPL requires redistribution
under the GPL.)

-zefram

Follow-Ups:
- Re: PATCH: prompt fun
  - From: Clint Adams
- bashprompt license (was Re: PATCH: prompt fun)
  - From: Adam Spiers

References:
- Re: PATCH: prompt fun
  - From: Adam Spiers

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