On Sunday, 17 August 2003, at 03:12:20 (-0700), E CVS List wrote: > Enlightenment CVS committal > > Author : kwo > Project : e16 > Module : e > > Dir : e16/e > > > Modified Files: > configure.in > > > Log Message: > Added possibility to use readline in eesh (--with-readline, default off).
This will need to be removed. The GNU readline library is GPL, not LGPL. And according to the generally-accepted interpretation of the GPL, non-GPL software (like E) cannot even link to GPL'd libraries. If E links with libreadline, E must be GPL'd. But it's not. Unfortunately, the GNU folks realized how useful libreadline was and decided to use it as a propaganda tool to force other programs wanting to use it to become GPL. And it worked; a number of programs (like mutt) that are currently GPL'd went that direction solely to link with libreadline. Michael -- Michael Jennings (a.k.a. KainX) http://www.kainx.org/ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> n + 1, Inc., http://www.nplus1.net/ Author, Eterm (www.eterm.org) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "She had a need to feel the thunder, to chase the lightning from the sky, to watch a storm with all its wonder raging in her lover's eyes. She had to ride the heat of passion like a comet burning bright, rushing headlong in the wind, down where only dreams have been, burning both ends of the night." -- Garth Brooks, "That Summer" ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
