> Von: "Werner LEMBERG" <w...@gnu.org> > > > > I will right `addlib', but that will take some time. Would it be > > possible and reasonable to use the already existing Heirloom > > programs? Maybe some help from the Heirloom team might be very > > helpful. > > For license reasons, this wouldn't be possible. On the other hand: > Why not simply point (in the manpages) to the Heirloom implementations > of those tools in case they do everything right? This would save work > that maybe is spent more useful elsewhere...
With the license, you are right. I'm planning to create 1 or more refer databases. For that I need at least `addlib', the writing of which seems to be easy. I will use the `Perl' programming language, such that the `groff addlib' will be compatible, but not stolen. Bernd Warken
