Re: EEL vs. GAL

[Ian McKellar <ian eazel com>]

Hi all,

The major difference I can see between GAL and EEL is that GAL is primarily
GPLed, and EEL is primarily LGPLed.

My quick count shows 22% (11/49) C files in EEL are GPLed, whereas 1% (1/148)
of GAL is GPLed. I think the intention is that EEL code can be merged back
into gtk and gnome-libs. Perhaps the GPLed portions of EEL will end up in GAL.

I've never really been clear on why GAL is GPLed, it seems that it just makes
it a pain in the arse for us to make these very useful widgets part of the
standard platform.

Ian (not speaking for Eazel or Ramiro)