IANAL. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_GPL#Linking_and_derived_works sounds like there might not be a simple answer to your question.
Note that d8 does not depend on readline; readline support is an optional (and compile-time opt-in) feature. We're not distributing binaries linked against readline. On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 10:16 PM, Spencer Behling <gnil...@gmail.com> wrote: > My question is about the license for v8 or maybe just a part of it > specifically d8 that links to gnu readline. According to this page > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Readline#Choice_of_the_GPL_as_GNU_Readline.27s_license > it > seems like linking an application with readline means that the GPL licence > comes with it. Is this true? > > The reason that this came up for me in the first place was that I was > looking for a C++ readline alternative with a more permissive license and I > had recently played with d8 and wondered what was used there since the > licence was BSD. > > -- > -- > v8-users mailing list > v8-users@googlegroups.com > http://groups.google.com/group/v8-users > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "v8-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to v8-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- v8-users mailing list v8-users@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/v8-users --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "v8-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to v8-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
