Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 21:30:13 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: gclarkii@main.gbdata.com (Gary Clark II) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: use of readline() Message-ID: <199706231200.VAA18816@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199706231148.GAA01579@main.gbdata.com> from Gary Clark II at "Jun 23, 97 06:48:07 am"
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Gary Clark II stands accused of saying: > > > > 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? Readline is a library, and thus programs linked with it would fall under the LGPL, which is not the same as the GPL by a long shot. It may still be unacceptable; I am trying to come up with a readline() alternative using libedit to deal with the relatively noisome nature of the libedit interface. I may yet grow to like it. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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