From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jun 24 08:12:39 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA19083 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 24 Jun 1997 08:12:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from main.gbdata.com (USR1-1.detnet.com [207.113.12.16]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA19077 for ; Tue, 24 Jun 1997 08:12:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from gclarkii@localhost) by main.gbdata.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA02969; Tue, 24 Jun 1997 10:13:09 -0500 (CDT) From: Gary Clark II Message-Id: <199706241513.KAA02969@main.gbdata.com> Subject: Re: use of readline() To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 10:13:09 -0500 (CDT) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <8693.867068734@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Jun 23, 97 05:25:34 am" 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 Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > I belive that readline is the GNU version correct? > > Would this not make all of these programs fall under the GNU Copyleft? Sorry, I had not read the exact copyright for READLINE. I know that some of the libs were still under the GPL vice the LGPL. Even then, the LGPL can still cause "problems". Some of the terms are a little scary. (Nothing major, but....) > > No. Go read the LGPL. Yes, I know what the LGPL is... 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