On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 11:52 PM, Richard Hipp <d...@sqlite.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Stephan Beal <sgb...@googlemail.com > >wrote: > > > But the reality is still: if the sqlite3 shell links with libreadline, it > > is GPL. > > > > > Not. > Sorry, i wasn't clear: the resulting binary, not the shell sources, is GPL. And thus... > then *you* must also be willing to distribute sources for that program > under > the GPL terms. but the sources aren't affected, at least as long as the readline bits are only conditionally compiled. If i'm not sorely mistaken, UNconditionally #including GPLd code makes the sources including them (and those including _them_) GPL by extension. (But it's not my intention to start a religious discussion. ;) -- ----- stephan beal http://wanderinghorse.net/home/stephan/ _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
