Hello Yitzchak, Thursday, January 10, 2008, 1:06:12 PM, you wrote:
>>> "Readline is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General >>> Public License, version 2. >> in short, that means that software compiled with this compiler AND >> distributed to general audience, should have GPL-compatible license >> (i.e. GPL or BSD-like) >> (as far as i understand GPL/LGPL terms) > Any software compiled with this compiler, or only > software that uses System.Console.Readline? any software that links with readline.a or gmp.a. which actually means every program because even if you don't use GMP, it's probably still linked in > Isn't this the same on all platforms? If what you are > saying is correct, then isn't it required for any program > compiled with any readline-enabled GHC to have a > GPL-compatible license? I don't think that's > right, but IANAL. GPL license means that any program that uses readline functionality should be *distributed* on GPL-compatible license. are you ever hear how GPL infects computer programs? :) you may also use it for in-house development, without distribution for me, GMP is much more problematic issue. strictly speaking, we can't say that GHC is BSD-licensed because it includes LGPL-licensed code (and that much worse, it includes this code in run-time libs) -- Best regards, Bulat mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users