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Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 19:33:11 +0600 (LKT)
From: Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel <kalum AT lintux DOT cx>
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Subject: Re: getopt_long?
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On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Stan Moore spoke the following immortal words,

> >License?
> 
> I didn't check the license myself since I only used getopt_long in a
> small throw away tool for my own use, so I will humbly admit my
> ignorance of the license issue.

getopt_long is also part of the GNU C library, so that makes it GPL.
I used it for ProZilla (the download accelerator for linux), and since
ProZilla was GPL too I did not have any problems with the inclusion of
getopt.c. 
 
Best Wishes,
Grendel

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ProZilla, the new Download Accelerator for Linux (GPL), 
<http://www.lintux.cx/~kalum/prozilla.html>




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