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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: gclarkii@main.gbdata.com, jkh@time.cdrom.com
Subject: Re: use of readline()
Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au
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>> I belive that readline is the GNU version correct?
>> Would this not make all of these programs fall under the GNU Copyleft?
>
>No.  Go read the LGPL.

Go read the copyright that is actually attached to libreadline.

Bruce