Python is slow?

r0g aioe.org at technicalbloke.com
Mon Sep 29 13:52:28 EDT 2008


bearophileHUGS at lycos.com wrote:
> Lawrence D'Oliveiro:
>>> Gnuplot is non-Free software.
> 
> Fly Away:
>> Yes, it is.
> 
> From:
> http://www.gnuplot.info/faq/faq.txt
> 
> 1.7 Does gnuplot have anything to do with the FSF and the GNU project?
>    [...]
>    Gnuplot is freeware in the sense that you don't have to pay for it.
> However
>    it is not freeware in the sense that you would be allowed to
> distribute a
>    modified  version  of  your gnuplot freely. [...]
> 
> Bye,
> bearophile


Well, ish.  You can only distribute modifications to gnuplot itself as
patches, but you can distribute it freely and they publish the source
so, while it's not GPL free it's tending towards it.

Roger.



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