[Clo-cvs] CVS update: public_html/faq.shtml

Mario Mommer mmommer at common-lisp.net
Sat May 8 13:08:13 UTC 2004


Update of /project/clo/cvsroot/public_html
In directory common-lisp.net:/tmp/cvs-serv23940

Modified Files:
	faq.shtml 
Log Message:
Less apostrophes, "optimized" some sentences.

Date: Sat May  8 09:08:13 2004
Author: mmommer

Index: public_html/faq.shtml
diff -u public_html/faq.shtml:1.4 public_html/faq.shtml:1.5
--- public_html/faq.shtml:1.4	Sat May  8 08:58:24 2004
+++ public_html/faq.shtml	Sat May  8 09:08:13 2004
@@ -64,11 +64,11 @@
       <h1 id="lgpl">What's wrong with LGPL?</h1>
 
       <p>Nothing per se, but it probably does not mean what you think
-      it means: <a
-      href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html">LGPL</a>'s highly
-      C-centric language makes a distinction between static and
-      dynamic linking, but tells us very little about the issues
-      central for Lisp use:</p>
+      it means. The highly C-centric point of view of the <a
+      href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html">LGPL</a> makes a
+      distinction between static and dynamic linking, but tells us
+      very little about certain issues that are of paramount
+      importance for Lisp users:</p>
 
       <ul>
        <li>Is loading LGPL code into a non-LGPL image ok? (runtime dependency)</li>
@@ -78,13 +78,15 @@
        <li>Is it ok to distribute an image with LGPL code loaded?</li>
       </ul>
 
-      <p>Whether or not these questions are answerable within LGPL's
-      bounds is one thing, but given that the interpretation is not
-      clear we don't recommend using LGPL for Common-lisp.net
-      projects. If you want to disallow all of the above use <a
+      <p>Whether or not these questions are answerable within the
+      bounds of the LGPL is a matter of debate, but given that the
+      interpretation is not clear we do not recommend using the LGPL
+      license for Common-lisp.net projects. If you want to disallow
+      all of the above use <a
       href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html#TOCGPL">GPL</a>,
       and if you want to allow some or all of them use <a
-      href="http://opensource.franz.com/">LLPGL</a> or <a
+      href="http://opensource.franz.com/">LLPGL</a> (not <a
+      href="http://opensource.org">OSI</a> approved) or <a
       href="http://www.jclark.com/xml/copying.txt">MIT</a>/<a
       href="http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.6/COPYRIGHT2.html#4">BSD</a>/<a
       href="http://www.x.org/Downloads_terms.html">X11</a>-style





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