From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jun 23 04:47:41 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id EAA29397 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 23 Jun 1997 04:47:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from main.gbdata.com (USR1-1.detnet.com [207.113.12.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id EAA29389 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 1997 04:47:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from gclarkii@localhost) by main.gbdata.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA01579; Mon, 23 Jun 1997 06:48:07 -0500 (CDT) From: Gary Clark II Message-Id: <199706231148.GAA01579@main.gbdata.com> Subject: Re: use of readline() To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 06:48:07 -0500 (CDT) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199706230235.MAA14365@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from Michael Smith at "Jun 23, 97 12:05:40 pm" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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? No comment on libedit.... Gary -- Gary Clark II (N5VMF) | I speak only for myself and "maybe" my company gclarkii@GBData.COM | Member of the FreeBSD Doc Team Providing Internet and ISP startups - http://WWW.GBData.com for information FreeBSD FAQ at ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/docs/FAQ.latin1