std.sevenzip - Do you need it?

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On 2015-01-30 at 19:12, Max Klyga wrote:
> Is this a port or binding for some existing library?
> Also all phobos submissions must be Boost licenced.
>
> If this is a binding or code cannot be relicenced this might better be suited for inclusion in DUB registry

I wonder if it would be possible to get special license terms for the use of 7zip in Phobos.

LGPL is not compatible with the Boost License. Suppose that you write a closed-source application. Apart from having to inform about the use of an LGPL library in the application, LGPL requires that you allow the user to relink the application with a modified version of the library. That pretty much implies that the application has to be dynamically linked, because if it can't, things become quite problematic.

Therefore, sadly, code from 7zip is unlikely to get into the standard library.