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Date:      Tue, 24 Jun 1997 10:13:09 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Gary Clark II <gclarkii@main.gbdata.com>
To:        jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Cc:        msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: use of readline()
Message-ID:  <199706241513.KAA02969@main.gbdata.com>
In-Reply-To: <8693.867068734@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Jun 23, 97 05:25:34 am"

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Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> > I belive that readline is the GNU version correct?
> > Would this not make all of these programs fall under the GNU Copyleft?
Sorry, I had not read the exact copyright for READLINE.  I know that some
of the libs were still under the GPL vice the LGPL.  Even then, the
LGPL can still cause "problems".  Some of the terms are a little scary.
(Nothing major, but....)

> 
> No.  Go read the LGPL.
Yes, I know what the LGPL is...

Gary

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