ITP: graphviz (and doxygen?)

Gareth Pearce tilps@hotmail.com
Fri Sep 26 07:50:00 GMT 2003


> > If Debian has put it under non-free it does not meet Debian's poliy for
> main.
> > It's problamy not compatible with GPL or the OpenSource Definition
> > >
> > > For reference:
> > > http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/graphviz/license/index.html
> > > http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/graphviz/download.html
> >
> > I could not find the license under OSD Approved Licenses. And it's way
> too
> > longer to get an idea about it without spending several hours with a
> lawyer 8-(
> > http://www.opensource.org/licenses/index.php
> 
> Gareth,
> 
> If all you need in GraphViz is DOT, you may consider distributing VCG
> (<http://rw4.cs.uni-sb.de/users/sander/html/gsvcg1.html>) instead.  It's
> graph description language is very similar to DOT's, and it's GPL'd.

Hrmm looks interesting, I've had no luck finding an interface to doxygen yet
though, which is the only thing 'I' use dot for.

I think I'll at least package up a new doxygen for now.  Graphviz is still
short on votes ;) - reguardless of its legal status.



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