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Date:      Mon, 23 Jun 1997 06:48:07 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Gary Clark II <gclarkii@main.gbdata.com>
To:        msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith)
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: use of readline()
Message-ID:  <199706231148.GAA01579@main.gbdata.com>
In-Reply-To: <199706230235.MAA14365@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from Michael Smith at "Jun 23, 97 12:05:40 pm"

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Michael Smith wrote:
> 
> Seeing as we have readline() in the tree, would anyone explode violently
> if it were used generally for reading user input in the case of programs
> like lpc(8), cdcontrol(1), etc?
I belive that readline is the GNU version correct?
Would this not make all of these programs fall under the GNU Copyleft?
Or at least a form of it?

<SNIP>
No comment on libedit.... 


Gary

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