From: "Mark E." <snowball3 AT bigfoot DOT com>
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Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 14:02:44 -0400
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Subject: Re: ecma, bash 2.05, and termcap update
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> I hadn't thought about this before, but why couldn't GNU termcap have
> been ported to djgpp?

The license. GNU Termcap is GPL'ed. That would force any DJGPP program that 
wants to use it to also become GPL'ed. The djgpp termcap license is LGPL 
which is . This means the programmer isn't forced to use the more restrictive 
license just to have a program that relies on termcap.

Mark