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Re: groff/-mandoc replacement



On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 05:05:44PM +0200, markucz%gmail.com@localhost wrote:
> Some time ago I wondered whether I could replace groff with 4.4BSD's roff. It
> seems there're no licensing issues (that was the only thing bothering me).

While 4.4BSD's roff would likely be covered by Caldera's 4-clause
BSD-like license, it is ancient and that shows. A much better option is
to the ditroff from OpenSolaris, even though it is CDDL. The version in
heirloom also supports some of the groff extensions.

Joerg


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