clj is not packaged with rlwrap, but will use it if it's available (and
won't if it's not - it's optional).

On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 2:44 AM Leandro Doctors <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> After my previous email, and reflecting on the (IMHO, sad) fact that
> Clojure's license (the EPL 1.0) is not GPL-compatible, I remembered
> the case of Common LISP, which was relicensed as GPL-compatible due to
> depending on GNU Readline [5].
>
> [5]:
> https://gitlab.com/gnu-clisp/clisp/-/blob/master/doc/Why-CLISP-is-under-GPL
>
> So, I wonder... Would `clj`'s dependency on GNU Readline imply the
> requirement for it to be distributed under a GPL-compatible license -
> or, even more, under the GPL itself?
> (Whereas I am not a lawyer, and this is no legal advice, the closest
> GPL-compatible license to the EPL 1.0 I can think of is the Apache
> 2.0...)
>
> --Leandro
>
>

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