Re: New Emacs with GTK!

[Per Abrahamsen]

Michael Powe <michael@trollope.org> writes:

> how many versions of unix include gtk libraries?  i suspect the answer
> is 'none,' but someone can apprise me if i'm wrong.  i know they are
> not on solaris 8, openbsd 2.7 or sunos 4.1 because i have those.  i'd
> be very surprised if they were on freebsd, just because they are gpl.
> therefore, restricting emacs to gtk means restricting its use to linux
> users who use gnome.  not likely.

GTK is not GPL, but LGPL.  Which mean people can build lock-in
applications on top of it, without paying a dime to anyone.

I guess that is part of why Sun choose it for Solaris 9.