Date:	Mon, 20 Oct 1997 15:05:47 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: gnuplot 3.5 ported to DJGPP and Allegro
In-Reply-To:	<199710200325.UAA20915@adit.ap.net>
Message-ID:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.971020150506.29791N-100000@is>
MIME-Version:	1.0

On Sun, 19 Oct 1997, Nate Eldredge wrote:

> Actually, there may be some legal issues. gnuplot, despite its name, is not
> GNU. There was an unfortunate coincidence in the naming.

I know about that, but gnuplot *is* distributed as part of the GNU
project (you can see it on GNU FTP sites).  Maybe it's another
version, I don't know.

> It
> looks like all I can do is send it to the gnuplot folks and see what they
> think.

Please do, and please ask them whether it can be distributed as part
of DJGPP ports.

> And I'm not sure how happy they'll be about having their variables
> renamed, which I had to do to coexist with Allegro. But it would sure be
> nice if anyone wanted to test it! I can email my patch, about 25K.

I would like to test it, but I don't have time right now.  When I
have, I'll ask for the patch.  Thanks.

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